....not to mention that there are kites and there are KITES. And there is an emerging subset of super-kite flyers who are starting to take to the water......on surfboards.....kneeboards.....and yep, kayaks. Some of these kites have tremendous lift power. I have a fairly common quadra-foil that produces 300 pounds of lift with a 20 mile per hour wind. I couldn't imagine getting wrapped up in that puppy on the water. I have fevered dreams of this kind of stuff late at night. Chuck Holst wrote: > >> > Matt et al, > > Your 'tiger by the tail' kite experiences have a familiar ring to them! I > second all that and I would agree that a kite has the potential to be a > dangerous accessory. It is all those lines and their capacity to snarl up > on deck fittings, rudder, not to mention the retrieval problems of a failed > launch. > >> > > I second that. As I recall, a kayaker died while using a kite on Lake > Michigan several years ago. He was traveling solo with his decks heavily > loaded with camping gear, and though the body was found wearing a dry > suit, there was water inside it, whether from a tear or from being > unzipped, I don't know. No one witnessed the accident, and there were > obviously several contributing factors, but it is easy to image the kite > pulling the kayak away from the paddler after a capsize and wet exit. > > Chuck Holst > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 18:31:31 PDT
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