Simple Simon wrote:

In like manner the board a kite sailor stands on is not a vessel.

I repeat. A kite sailor is not presently covered by the COLREGS.
It is a gray area that needs to be looked at.

I'm not disputing that it's a grey area. Until it's resolved, however, how
should it be handled? I would take the precedent that there are vessels
who's means of propulsion isn't attached to them (like canoes) and treat the
kite sailor both as a vessel (rather than a hazard like a floating log, say)
and as a saiboat. In practcal terms, his mode of propulsion is subject to
the same vagaries a sailboat.


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