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Name:	Violator -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 10:08:54 AM

Anyone know of any laws against it on the lake?
One of the marine police out at Chimney Rock was talking to me about the people jumping off the rocks and he said "there is no law against stupidity" so I was just wondering if this was the case with parasailing as well.

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 10:28:15 AM

An excellent area to do it would be heading toward Kowliga bridge as the boat pulling you goes under the bridge. :)

Almost as smart as those that jump off the rock.

Name:	Freshwater Bay Girl -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 10:41:12 AM

I would be curious to know the answer to this as well. The planes land on the water in the big bay north of pleasure Point, It would be a great area to give it a try. It's the perfect sailing spot although I never see sailboats out there. It gets a lot of wind coming from the wind creek and maddwind creek areas.

Name:	DroughtBuster -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 11:31:06 AM

They've been parasailing down on the Windcreek end for some time now. Stay in the channel and its as safe as parasailing can get.

Name:	allanbuchannon -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 12:38:06 PM

I own a parasail and we used it a bunch last year. MP would just stop and watch. We haven't found a long enough sandy beach to take off from this year
:(

Name:	Kizma Anuice -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 2:24:21 PM

is there some way to do this from a floating dock. I have people doing it form such in the islands. Maybe they get away with it because the wind is always blowing there. don't know but would like to.

Name:	allanbuchannon -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 3:09:38 PM

When its real windy on the lake..it is usely storming.

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 3:39:14 PM

and when the sun is not shining it is normally cloudy.

Name:	Freshwater Bay Girl -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 7:55:39 PM

OR..... It could be night!

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/24/2008 8:33:05 PM

you are right ... :)

Name:	Violator -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/25/2008 10:59:28 AM

allanbuchannon, Have you tried to do like they do in the ocean and release off the back of the boat?

Name:	allanbuchannon -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/25/2008 11:44:40 AM

No..It would take a winch to do that. I don't think it would work on a boat not made for parasailing. If someone knows that it would...I would like to know.

Name:	Webmaster -	Reply
Subject:	Parasailing
Date:	8/25/2008 1:39:43 PM

That would be pretty unsafe without a boat made for parasailing. Perhaps it's possible getting up but would not want to land on a normal boat. They have winches on parasail boats to guide the parasail to a platform while the boat is underway. The platforms are usually at a minumum 6x6 feet. Without a winch it would be difficult to regulate speed and position of your decent with accuracy. The recreational parasails I've seen do not have any operator controls, unlike skydiving parachutes.

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