Kiteboat: sailing innovation on SF Bay

Re:Kiteboat: sailing innovation on SF Bay by guiporto on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @08:18AM (#7514947)

Hacker and kiteboarder here

This kiteboat is very impressive and powerful. The kite area is 25sqm and you have a lot of powerful wind in SF. I kiteboard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - where the wind is not so strong and my kite area is only 11sqm.

I wonder what were the decisions involved on choosing 80m flying lines (regular kiteboard is 30m) and only 4 lines instead of 5 lines (safer and easier to relaunch)

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Re:Kiteboat: sailing innovation on SF Bay by hamiltonkibbe on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @10:44AM (#7515851)

Me too. I'm guessing that 80m is for more altitude and better wind. There are plenty of safe 4-line systems, you can always flag the kite on a single front line. Maybe they're Cabrinha fans? I wonder how this would do with a 25m foil kite instead of an LEI. 11m is my go-to most of the summer here in Boston

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