RE: [Paddlewise] FW: Kites etc

For a good web site on kites for kayaking and information on this check out
www.wipika.com <http://www.wipika.com>    

Cheers,

Damon
	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Chris & Ellen Kohut [SMTP:chriskayak_at_earthlink.net]
	Sent:	Thursday, August 19, 1999 9:29 PM
	To:	paddlewise
	Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] FW: Kites etc

	....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
	>
	>
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