I suppose you'd need control lines, and it'd have to be symetrical; with one
hell of a long pole....

I think it'd just pull you along however it wanted....

On 29 Oct 2003 10:41:31 -0800, (Parallax) wrote:

I dont use a spinnaker, just too complicated for a simple minded
person like me, but I have been wondering...

SO....Useless idea #3437

What would happen if you put up a very large helium filled balloon
several hundred ft where there is really good wind, say in the trade
winds and attached it to your deck? Could you steer?