Kite Kat!

Hey friends! I thought I'd introduce myself being new. I live in Aiken, SC and I've been kite buggying and landsailing for a few years and am on my way to pick up Tosimple4's H16 tomorrow rain or shine!

A friend of mine in the Power Kiting hobby with me has posted this vid (on Power Kite Forum) of resurecting a trashed Hobie and turning (some of it ) it into a kite powerd cat. Thought you might enjoy. I guess if you love the wind, you love anything to do in it!? Several guys on the Powerkite Forum encouraged me to grab a Hobie so here I am.

Thanks for this awesome forum and I'm sure to learn tons from you all.

Good winds,

Chris

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/13286722[/vimeo]

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'81 H16 yellow hulls

cool video and nice looking boat.

What will the kite do when the wind is cranked up, I am curious of the performance of a kite boat compared to a sailboat?

nice boat, shame it doesnt have a sail

With the kites he's flying (an 18 meter Phantom, I think), fully powered he might get moving well, not sure what he's reached in speed runs yet. I talk to him occasionally on the forum so I'll ask and post it for shizzles and giggles.

That kite is a serious kite surfing machine from a few years ago with lots of power on the right days.

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'81 H16 yellow hulls

Interesting. Can it go to weather?

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UK Wildcats have 8 now!

1976 H16 27640
1985 H16 89112

Sweet That is the first Peter Lynn Kite I have seen in The US..

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2010 Hibiscus Adventure Island

I've got two PL Phantoms like the one in the vid, 12 & 15m, and there is a HUGE PL contingent of land and water kiters around the US. A bunch of folks probably near you in NC. If your interested in kite sports, check out www.powerkiteforum.com .

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'81 H16 yellow hulls

I'm sorry for being pretty much ignorant about sailing terms... What does that mean?

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'81 H16 yellow hulls

Go to weather = Sail upwind

I think some kites can go upwind but not as well as a sailboat, I however have never done it, just read about it and seen some at the beach

Oh, yes, sorry,

Some of my kites go nearly 15 degrees or so from dead upwind due to the way we can fly them in a sine pattern to generate power and huge apparent wind. When I'm riding a landsailer, close hauled and creeping along, I get passed by land kites all the time.

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'81 H16 yellow hulls

Interesting. Ditch the big glass Hobie 16 amas and change to Tandem Island amas, might get up and boggie a bit then, not sure what you would do for rudders but you can figure it out as you go .

In europe thier is few of these kite cats! really cool! with a good wind and a nice wave, i have seen them go airborn. right now thier is a group at TU Delft University trying to fit a kite to the adventure island. i am waiting to see how that one turns out!

Put some foils on that sucker!

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