Waves 'n kites rool

[ricki]

Originally Posted by PrayFaWind27

on a full moon at blue hill would be kool :idea: just Connect two glow sticks on the ends of the kite and we be good to go, count me in! As far as sharks, i look at it like this, if it's your fate to get bitten by one then it wouldn’t make a differences where or what time you choose to enter the water.

One thing I have noticed on my own and with the limited examples of kiter - shark involvement out there. If there is bait kicking up, gulls diving on fish schools, major fish migrations on in the area, kiters are MUCH more likely to have shark encounters. This is in Florida but likely applies elsewhere.

I have had two close encounters on this basis and the only fairly bad kiter attack that I have heard about in Florida happened under these conditions as well.

I have been going in the water in the Bahamas on and mostly off for over 30 years. There have been a lot of shark encounters, mainly while diving though. I really don't have an appreciation for how things might differ over your way re: kiting and sharks. I would think near the harbor side of Hog Island things could get interesting at times, particularly around sunset. Further out, in the out islands, I really don't have much of an idea.