Ed Gillet used a kite powered kayak to sail from San Diego to Hawaii. You
can read about it in my new book A SPECK ON THE SEA available on
www.amazon.com

Yours,
Bill Longyard


"Graham" wrote in message
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Since I last posted a question about sail sticks, I met a guy who gets
the wind to tow a canoe by attaching a kite to the canoe using heavy
(trolling - woven??) fishing line. He claims that the canoe is much
more stable than having a mast that could cause the canoe to flip in a
cross gust.

Has anyone else heard of this technique?

Interesting. When I interviewed Ed in 1988, he told me of his
transpacific kite powered journey from Monterey, CA, to Kahului
Harbor, Maui in 1986. I am not aware of any kite powered voyage
beginning in San Diego.

FWIW, Ed felt he had set a new recored for *paddling* across the
Pacific. Though he used the kite for more than 80% of the journey, he
always thought he paddled across.

See: http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/KI289.html

Dave Culp

"Longyard William H." wrote in message nk.net...
Ed Gillet used a kite powered kayak to sail from San Diego to Hawaii. You
can read about it in my new book A SPECK ON THE SEA available on
www.amazon.com

Yours,
Bill Longyard