Clearly once you are up high you better become a pilot fast and manage a smooth landing.
There are few solutions that will save you from that situation:
1. Know what the heck is hapening and come in before you risk disaster.
2. ditch the kite before you are lofted.
2. put the kite in the water and make sure it stays there.
**none of this has anything to do with what brand of kite or style of kite,
except #3:
If it's any kite that "auto-relaunches," or "auto-taxis" to be ready for relaunch,
you are not likely to get it to stick to the water without risking uncontrolled relaunch.
Any fool that trusts his depower throw to make him safe, on any bow, hybrid or C, is begging for a lofting. Even if it is the latest greatest contraption bridle, it don't mean &@#% when you are connected to a big kite in a squall. If you have some IDS, PMS, UFO, or ESP gimmick that is great when you go out and it's 27 instead of 19 knots, but it doesn't mean a damn thing in a storm.
Here's a picture from last weekend; it went from 15 to 70 knots in a couple of minutes, up in VA. Worth noting is a weather sensor 1 mile away recorded a peak of only 27 knots.
Clearly the time averaging does not help in retrospective analysis of squall lines and microbursts!
For reference, the water within visibility is 2-6 feet deep and the waves developed in 5 minutes over a fetch of about 1/2 mile. The picture is when it was averaging 50+, a couple minutes AFTER the leading edge and peak winds of the squall. 5 minutes earlier it was clear and 15 knots.
Too bad I couldn't get the camera out in time to catch the neighbor's canoe blowing through the yard 4 feet off the ground. That was something to see, like a cruise missile. Passing on the chance for a quick session was a decision I can live with.
Thanks for the post on the lofting, but IMHO talking about C vs. bow or IDS vs. whatever else in this context is like talking "duck and cover" drills for a nuke -it misses the point entirely.
The idea of keeping one wingtip in the water in a storm is idiotic -where is the rest of the kite in that case?
Exposed to the 60+ wind that will kill you, that's where!
Not good.
When the heavy stuff comes down, the kite must be ditched or at least flagged on one line with a lot of fervent prayer going on, and if it has a bridle, that is not likely to be at all helpful.