HKA Code of conduct

[Phil Elborough]

HAYLING KITESURFING ASSOCIATION
CODE OF CONDUCT
Hayling kitesurfing association club has been formed to ensure the management of the
kitesurfing area on Hayling beach, to provide a safe area for kitesurfers to practice their
sport and to maintain the safety of other beach users.
By joining the club you are agreeing to abide by the club rules and put the safety of other beach users first
to ensure kitesurfing can continue on Hayling Island.

CLUB RULES
· All members must produce evidence of current BKSA insurance
· All members must wear club identification cards attached to thier harness so that it is visable while kitesurfing on Hayling beach.
On the beach
· Always launch and land your kites within the marked out launch and land area (this area
may be moved further down the beach from the normal area when the beach is busy).
· Never launch or land your kite when a member of the public is walking down wind of
you, wait until they have passed.
· The beach is not to be used to practice flying kitesurfing kites, this must be done only
while standing in the water at low tide.
· When your kites are not in use for any length of time they must be fully disabled and
placed at the foot of the shingle bank, no more than two deep, with the kite lines wound
up on the bar, (lines must not be left out across the path of other beach users).
· All kites must have an effective kite killing system.
· Assist other kitesurfers when launching and landing their kites.
· It may be necessary to red flag the beach on occasions, this means no kitesurfing when
the flag is flying.
· Avoid kitesurfing two hours either side of high tide (at high tide there is very little space
on the beach and the risk to other beach users is increased considerably).
On the water
· Give way to other water users, swimmers and other watercraft.
· When passing, the upwind kitesurfer gives way to downwind kitesurfer by raising their
kite high to allow the downwind rider to pass underneath. Likewise the downwind
kitesurfer should lower their kite.
· Maintain a downwind buffer zone when jumping and performing a transition, always
look before starting any maneuver.
· When leaving the beach give way to kitesurfers coming in to land
Learning to kitesurf
· Only Zero Gravity Kitesurf School (Phil Elborough) and HI Kitesurf School (Chris Bull ) are permitted to teach on
Hayling beach
· No unqualified member will be permitted to teach a mate or other member
· Members who cannot maintain a course across wind must practice in the lagoon area of
the beach three hours either side of low tide (other members will help and support these
members until they have become independent kitesurfers).

Hayling Kitesurfing Association
222 The Seafront Hayling Island Hampshire PO11 OAU
Tel:[phone] Mobile: [phone]
Email:[e-mail]
Web site: www.hka.org.uk

[Phil Elborough]

Kitesurfing Rules Of the Sea

Which kitesurfer has right of way

Two kitesurfers travelling head on towards each other: The kitesurfer who is sailing on starboard tack (this is the kitesurfer travelling with his right foot forward) has right of way over a sailor travelling left foot forward on port tack, the port tack kitesurfer should bear away down wind to avoid the oncoming kitesurfer on starboard tack.

Hayling beach faces south, so in a west or south-westerly wind the kitesurfers travelling out away from the beach have right of way over kitesurfers travelling in towards the beach.

So in an East or South-easterly the kitesurferes travelling in towards the beach have right of way over kitesurfers travelling out away from the beach.

In a Southerly the kitesurfers travelling towards the Inn on the beach have right of way over kitesurfers travelling towards Portsmouth.

And in a Northerly the opposite applies.

When does the Starboard rule not apply?

If two kitesurfers are approaching each other and one sailor is obviously further down wind of the other.
The kitesurfer who is further downwind should give way by bearing away further downwind and keeping his kite low to the water. In tern the upwind rider should keep his kite high

If a kitesurfer is obviously less experienced than yourself you should give way to them.

When launching and landing to and from the beach

Kitesurfers coming off the water to land on the beach have priority over kitesurfer setting up and leaving the beach.

Reason being a kitesurfer who is coming in to land on the beach is more likely to be in an overpowered situation, whereas the kitesurfer who has just arrived at the beach is more likely to have rigged the correct kite size for the conditions.