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Re: Go fly a kite... from a kayak???
Posted By: Don Lucas In Response To: Go fly a kite... from a kayak??? (Malcolm Schweizer)
Date: Sunday, 27 April 2003, at 10:20 a.m.
: Hello all,
: I was watching a kite surfer from my balcony and this guy was clipping along
: at a very fast pace. I'm sure someone out there has tried this from a
: kayak, and I would like to hear your input before I go drop $500 for a
: kite. I'm launching a Shearwater Atlantic 19' in a few weeks and that
: would be my kite-yaking platform. I'm wondering if a playboat would not
: make a better base due to the speed you would be hitting waves, plus the
: angle of leverage the kite would give. A kite is going to try to pick you
: up and it seems to me it would drive the bow down in the water in a larger
: yak as it lifted you from the cockpit area. It would seem a long straight
: kayak might not fair as well as a shorter yak with a lot of rocker,
: especially when it comes to steering. However, I think it would be fun if
: you had a long haul to make in boat traffic and wanted to cross a channel
: fast, plus be seen by boaters.: Anybody tried it?
: -Malcolm
Sea Kayaker had a article about a guy in BC going from his house on the Sound to the city, found his body 3 miles from the over turned kayak still flying the kite. LOts to think about before going out . We would try a Mary Poppins thing if we had rudders... ok people lets not go there agin:-)
Don
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