After getting involved in a kite tangle recently in which the other kiter insisted that I pay for the repair for his kite I asked myself whether I needed insurance or not.
Can someone please explain what kinds of insurnace there are and where to get it.
Cheers G
Go to the gym, lift lots of heavy things, rub oil on your bulging guns, punch out who ever insists anything.... become your own insurance
Tell him to get stuffed. Sounds like a whiney bastard. S h i t happens.
Im guessin the premium you would have to pay on a kite repair would be more than the repair itself anyway..
^^^ i dunno. by the look of his eyes i think someone has jumped on his charles with something dodgy
AKSA third party liability insurance it not designed to cover third party kite repairs. It is primarily for third party personal injury (i.e., you injure someone else while kiting) or you damage someone else's (third party's) property while kiting.
The excess (the last time I reviewed the policy schedule, which may have recently changed) was $1,500, so you would be responsible for the first $1,500 of costs, (after review/approval of claim by AKSA/Insurer after which the policy would contribute.
General terms of the policy are here:http://www.aksa.com.au/insurance
keep your distance and use passing/give way rules. Kite low downwind, kite up high upwind... 50 meters apart..
no need for tangles, kite repairs or forum posts.. Experience riders really get the s***s when people don't follow these rules.
Not saying you were in the wrong, maybe it was the other guys fault... But tangles only happen through carelessness by one or both parties. If someone is heading straight towards you with a pooh stance or out of control... Use commonsense and turn around and head away from them.
Red thumb away newbs.
I sent him the money the next day and all good.
The situation has been sorted.
Repair in the end was bugger all so I didn't need to cough up.
Yes Juicerider it was me and I owe you a few beers for that, thanks!
I would like to find out more about right of way while kiting. Didn't get any of that while having lessons.
The only two I know are kiter going out has right of way (which doesn't make sense if you're on a port tack while doing so), and don't jump if someone is down wind of you.
Both of these I learnt on Progression DVD Beginner.
Was I in the wrong. I don't know?
