Our Last Fly of 2015

Christmas Day dawned warm and foggy.  So foggy, in fact, you couldn’t see the ocean from the boardwalk.  So the kite fly was canceled.  The day after Christmas was just about the same, although the fog did burn off a little earlier in the day.  We went for a quick fly in the late afternoon.  The wind was about 2 mph so not much would fly.  However, we did anchor a Skate and fly the Black Dog UL.  It wasn’t much but it made up for the previous day.

The Sunday morning kite club fly at Fort Macon State Park turned out to be glorious.  The temperature was unseasonably warm, the sun was out and the clouds came and went.  The winds were a little stronger than the day before with the best winds up high.  This made getting things launched harder but once they were up, they stayed up.  We put up a couple of Skates and I got out my Black Dog UL and my Wisp II.

Several of the usual club members were there and were joined by a couple of new families.  It looked like a festival when everyone got their kites in the air.  There were several smaller deltas, a Ghost Delta, a couple of Walas, our Skates, a Plutz, a Laima and a Rokkaku.  One newer flyer was trying to fly her Skydog Dream On stunt kite.  The wind was a little too light for it, so I had her try the Into The Wind Wisp II.  She took to it right away.  Then she proceeded to pass it on to two other new flyers and we both gave them some instruction.  The little Wisp was a hit for all who tried it.

The company and the day was so great, the club fly lasted well into the afternoon.  Only hunger drove us off the beach.  As the afternoon wore on, the wind picked up and we all went to the Atlantic Beach public access to join some more of our flyer friends and put up some more kites.  And, again, it looked like another kite festival in progress.  Kites in the air included a Rokkaku, a Sky Skimmer, a Conyne Delta, a Ghost Delta, a Fled and various smaller deltas.  The sun was setting when we finally pulled in the lines and headed for home.

So went the last kite fly of 2015.  It couldn’t have ended better.  Now we look forward to 2016 and a year filled with old friends, new friends and new kiting adventures.

Fair Winds All and Happy New Year!