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San Francisco Boardsailing Association
Presents
Windsurf/Kitesurf Safety Day 2005
Hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Schedule
9:00 am ñ 11:00 am Swap Meet Little Marina Green
11:00 am ñ 1:00 pm Safety Program St. Francis Yacht Club
1:00 pm ñ 2:00 pm Safety Roundtable/Q&A St. Francis Yacht Club
2:00 pm ñ 4:00 pm BBQ Informal BBQ at Crissy Field ñ East Beach
All interested parties are welcome and encouraged to attend.
You do not have to be a member of the San Francisco Boardsailing Association (SFBA).
SFBA works to protect access and promote safety for the boardsailing community (windsurfing + kitesurfing).
General Topics will include Hazardous Conditions
Right of Way
Self Rescue
Emergencies/Coast Guard Rescue
Safety Equipment
After General Topics, 2 separate programs
Windsurf Self Rescue
Kitesurf Safety & Self Rescue
Members of the United States Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary will be on hand for questions and answers.
Raffle
Everyone in attendance at the safety program will be entered in a raffle
Prizes Courtesy of:
Kite Wind Surf
Boardsports
Helm
Surface 2 Air
Ultra Nectar
Windsurf/Kitesurf Safety Day 2005
Safety Program Topics
Elements
Currents & Tides
Offshore & Onshore Winds
Submerged Hazards
Exposure
Right of Way
Basic Rules
Commercial Vessels
Security Zones
Caution & Consideration
Racing
Coast Guard & Auxiliary
Coast Guard ñ Rescue is a primary mission, no fees for rescues
Auxiliary ñ Volunteer arm of Coast Guard
Windsurfer/Kitesurfer Responsibility ñ Know your limits, reduce risks
Notify of emergency, end of emergency and lost equipment
Marking your gear
Safety Equipment
Radios & Telephones
Lights, Strobes, and Flares
Smoke & Mirrors
Line
Helmets
Prevention
Check your equipment
Equipment Maintenance ñ Replace Lines
Replace critical parts
Self Rescue - Windsurf
No wind
Pony Express
Towing
Body Drag
Broken Universal
Broken Mast
Broken Boom
Lost Fin
Rescue by Boat
Self Rescue & Safety - Kitesurf
Launching
Landing
Go/No Go Decisions
No Wind
Towing
Body Drag
Lost Board
Lost Kite
Broken Line
Rescue by Boat
SFBA Windsurf/Kitesurf Safety Day 2005
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Safety Day
Please also show Kite Wind Surf as a raffle sponsor of the event. They have generously agreed to donate raffle prizes after I prepared the initial write up.
Peter Thorner
SFBA
thorner@sfba.org
Peter Thorner
SFBA
thorner@sfba.org
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All interested parties are welcome and encouraged to attend. You do not have to be a member of the San Francisco Boardsailing Association (SFBA). SFBA works to protect access and promote safety for the boardsailing community (windsurfing + kitesurfing).
Members of the United States Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary will be on hand for questions and answers.
Everyone in attendance at the safety program will be entered in a raffle. There are many prizes sponsored by the following:
Ultra Nectar
Live2Kite
BayAreaKiteboarding.com
Boardsports
Dakine
Helms Sports (Helms of Sun Valley)
Kite Wind Surf
ASD/Advanced Surf Designs
Date: Saturday 23rd April, 2005.
Time: 9AM to 2PM
Location: St. Francis Yacht Club, Marina Blvd, San Francisco (just before Crissy Field).
Schedule
ï 9AM to 11AM: Swap Meet at Little Marina Green
ï 11AM to 12 PM: Safety Program at SFYC
ï 12PM to 2PM: Kitesurfing Specific Agenda
ï Location specific issues
ï Thursday night kite series
ï State of the industry (Gabe Brown, from a kite Magazine)
ï Equipment/Kite Design (Simone Vannuci, RRD Kite Designer)
ï Travel destinations
ï Open forum
ï 2PM to sunset: Kitesurfing and BBQ at Crissy Field
Agenda
Safety Program will include:
ï Hazardous conditions
o Currents & tides
o Offshore & onshore winds
o Submerged hazards
o Wind conditions around GG towers
o Exposure
ï Right of way
o Basic rules
o Commercial vessels
o Security zones
o Caution & consideration
o Racing
ï Self rescue
o Launching
o Landing
o Go/No go decisions
o No wind/ wind on the outside
o Towing
o Body drag
o Lost board
o Lost kite
o Broken line
o Rescue by boat
ï Emergencies/Coast Guard rescue
o Coast Guard ñ rescue is a primary mission, no fees for rescues
o Auxiliary ñ volunteer arm of Coast Guard
o Windsurfer/Kitesurfer responsibility ñ know your limits, reduce risks
o Notify of emergency, end of emergency and lost equipment
o Marking your gear
ï Safety equipment
o Radios & telephones
o Lights, strobes, and flares
o Smoke & mirrors
o Line
o Helmets
ï Prevention
o Check your equipment
o Equipment maintenance ñ replace lines
o Replace critical parts
ï Open forum
After General Topics, 2 separate programs:
ï Windsurfing
ï Kitesurfing
Kitesurfing Specific Agenda
ï Riding location specific issues
o Safety at individual locations; Crissy, Third Ave., Alameda, Sherman Island, the coast.
ï Thursday night kite series
o John Gomes to introduce the concept of kite racing to be sponsored by the SFYC.
ï State of the industry
o Gabe Brown, Editor Kiteboarding Magazine, to discuss the direction of kitesurfing as it relates to competition, equipment, destinations, snowkiting, etc.
ï Equipment/Kite Design
o Simone Vannuci, RRD Kite Designer, to discuss kite design, past, present and future
ï Travel Destinations
ï Open forum
ï 2PM to sunset: Kitesurfing and BBQ at Crissy Field
Members of the United States Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary will be on hand for questions and answers.
Everyone in attendance at the safety program will be entered in a raffle. There are many prizes sponsored by the following:
Ultra Nectar
Live2Kite
BayAreaKiteboarding.com
Boardsports
Dakine
Helms Sports (Helms of Sun Valley)
Kite Wind Surf
ASD/Advanced Surf Designs
Date: Saturday 23rd April, 2005.
Time: 9AM to 2PM
Location: St. Francis Yacht Club, Marina Blvd, San Francisco (just before Crissy Field).
Schedule
ï 9AM to 11AM: Swap Meet at Little Marina Green
ï 11AM to 12 PM: Safety Program at SFYC
ï 12PM to 2PM: Kitesurfing Specific Agenda
ï Location specific issues
ï Thursday night kite series
ï State of the industry (Gabe Brown, from a kite Magazine)
ï Equipment/Kite Design (Simone Vannuci, RRD Kite Designer)
ï Travel destinations
ï Open forum
ï 2PM to sunset: Kitesurfing and BBQ at Crissy Field
Agenda
Safety Program will include:
ï Hazardous conditions
o Currents & tides
o Offshore & onshore winds
o Submerged hazards
o Wind conditions around GG towers
o Exposure
ï Right of way
o Basic rules
o Commercial vessels
o Security zones
o Caution & consideration
o Racing
ï Self rescue
o Launching
o Landing
o Go/No go decisions
o No wind/ wind on the outside
o Towing
o Body drag
o Lost board
o Lost kite
o Broken line
o Rescue by boat
ï Emergencies/Coast Guard rescue
o Coast Guard ñ rescue is a primary mission, no fees for rescues
o Auxiliary ñ volunteer arm of Coast Guard
o Windsurfer/Kitesurfer responsibility ñ know your limits, reduce risks
o Notify of emergency, end of emergency and lost equipment
o Marking your gear
ï Safety equipment
o Radios & telephones
o Lights, strobes, and flares
o Smoke & mirrors
o Line
o Helmets
ï Prevention
o Check your equipment
o Equipment maintenance ñ replace lines
o Replace critical parts
ï Open forum
After General Topics, 2 separate programs:
ï Windsurfing
ï Kitesurfing
Kitesurfing Specific Agenda
ï Riding location specific issues
o Safety at individual locations; Crissy, Third Ave., Alameda, Sherman Island, the coast.
ï Thursday night kite series
o John Gomes to introduce the concept of kite racing to be sponsored by the SFYC.
ï State of the industry
o Gabe Brown, Editor Kiteboarding Magazine, to discuss the direction of kitesurfing as it relates to competition, equipment, destinations, snowkiting, etc.
ï Equipment/Kite Design
o Simone Vannuci, RRD Kite Designer, to discuss kite design, past, present and future
ï Travel Destinations
ï Open forum
ï 2PM to sunset: Kitesurfing and BBQ at Crissy Field
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