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Larry W4CSC
 
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Default A REAL Spinnaker

Wow....Fly one and watch all the protest flags flappin' in the breeze
from the other racers....(c;



On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:52:03 +0100, Tom Berger
wrote:

(Parallax) schrieb:

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?


Do you mean something similar like that:
http://www.skysails.de/en/home.html

T:-)m Berger

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