The Drachen Foundation: A Non-Profit Kite Education Resource The Drachen Foundation, a Seattle, WAbased educational non-profit, has been documenting recent developments in kite traction – kite sailing in particular. http://www.drachen.org/special_events_kite_sailing_symposium.html
Extractions: September 28-30, 2006 These three innovators have followed very different paths in their kite sailing development. Peter Lynn has been driven by the notion that a personal kite sailboat displaying greater control, speed, and maneuverability will lead to bigger and better boats and kite systems. Dave Culp, on the other hand, has shown that a lower-tech kite, married to any sailboat, will offer higher performance and more sailing enjoyment. Montague has harnessed the power of kites to ocean canoes and has targeted the thrill-seeker and environmental tourist. Drachen Foundation scientific kite experts Joe Hadzicki and Dave Lang will moderate a group discussion probing kite/sail design, hull design, market potential, and a variety of other timely issues. This symposium is located on the water at The Center for Wooden Boats, an interactive museum where small craft heritage is enjoyed, preserved, and passed along to future generations. Please see www.cwb.org
Folding Kayaks Forum • Information Accessories Sailing Gear Anyone tried to use a kite for kayak sailing? One of those steerable ones that are also used for wake boards etc. But smaller I guess.. Possible http://foldingkayaks.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2893&start=0
Kite Sailing | Flickr - Photo Sharing! It is my 50th birthday in 9 days time, and last night when I arrived at what I thought was a dinner party with a few close friend I walked into a full on surprise birthday http://www.flickr.com/photos/don_elle/5088683164/
Extractions: A group of six persons is minimum required. Information request form back to main page Important notice: Important notice: All excursions will only be made when weather conditions are fine. Therefore we can not guarantee that any booked tour can be made at the planned date. Due to weather or security reasons cancelled tours will not be charged.
Peter Lynn Himself - Winch Systems Peter Lynn himself has a lot of valuable information regarding kites, kitesurfing, motors etc. Please take a look and join the newsletter to stay informed http://peterlynnhimself.com/Winch_Systems.php
Extractions: Kitesailing will be regulated out of existence before getting properly started if this isn't solved before those who are not believers notice it. And it is certainly possible to build winch systems that address all the above problems, but they will be complex, exponentially so as the number of lines to be controlled increases from 2 to 3, to 4 and often now 5, and the potential for catastrophic snarl ups can probably never be eliminated. Some accompanying pictures are of a simple four-line winch system for a 6m purpose built kite sailing catamaran in 2002. It has full control while letting out and pulling in, but does not have any system for retaining tension in the lines between the winch drum and the end pulleys, has no direct way for the flier to sense line tensions, nor any registration correction. This boat was potentially lethal- quite a few people have tried it, none were very keen to go again- because of the risk of drum snarls, looping between the drums and end pulleys, lack of feel, and very nervous-making loss of control as line lengths lost register when they were pulled in and let out under varying tension. 8m Tri. on trailer, winch detail, c1993
Kite Sailing Yacht Kitano Catches Steady Winds From On High Kite Sailing Yacht Kitano Catches Steady Winds From On High. The higher the altitude, the faster and steadier the wind blows. That's the concept behind this Kite Sailing Yacht http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/watercraft/kite-sailing-yacht-kitano-catches-steady-w
Skybanditz Kiteboarding Welcome to Skybanditz. We specialize in Kiteboarding in the Miami Area. In the spring of 2001 after all the research and study, traveling, and involvement in the http://www.skybanditz.com/
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Kite Sailing Is Now | The Boat Guy Site Check out the KiteCat and QuadSurfer in various weather conditions around NZ lakes and coastline. Kites used Slingshot 12m Link, 19m PL Venom and 13m Scorpion http://boatguysite.com/wpress/5136/kite-sailing-is-now/
