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One of my other wind-dependant bad habits is flying paragliders and stumbled arcoss this.
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Nothing new here, looked at it for my
power
cat, but figured I could get a lot of
diesel
for $12,000
KiteShip - Innovation in Tethered Flight
Kite Sail - Kit-cat's custom catamarans
Potentialy great idea though, but dragging 2 props was an issue as well.
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I have used the Kite for longer stretches like St Helena to
barbados
and it works fine
The 2 major advatages are they
lift
the bow slightly up and there is always more
wind
upm there than down here
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