HAHAHAHA! looks funny, I think most of the 'drive' you have is the mere fact you are going downwind anyway...me? I would get a small kitesurf kite, try a 3sq mtr size. Then add some way of 'grip' for the kayak...ie a small keel of sorts...this will help you go upwind...oh...and a small rudder, foot steering type. Dont feel bad...thing is YOU are out there trying this out in the first place...respect to you:)
OK. I waited for over half of the video for the parafoil to be let out. Duh. Then I realized the string conected to the parafoil
was not connected to the bow. Duh. My experience was with an Ocean Kayak sit-on-top. I would paddle out in the bay as far as I could INTO THE WIND. Then I'd turn around, launch my parafoil and hang on! I don't know how many people have discovered this "sport", but it is a gas!!! Steering is limited, but ruddered kayak allows some discretion. Happy Para-Yaking!
P.S. Run your parasail line thru a hiking clip attached to the bow line. Launch the parasail just as this fellow is doing. Once it's high enough you let it go. The kite will drop momentarily until the slack in the line is taken up. The kayak follows the kite with no effort on your part. Assuming you have paddled out directly into the wind, you will return to your starting point. Then repeat.......paddle out, sail back!
For going downwind you actually would do better with a less efficient kite, or change the bridle on that one to fly at a lower angle to increase the amount of drag. It is probably easier just to build a big sled kite out of a couple of big trashbags. They pull like crazy and are very easy to make.
To go across or into the wind (with a kite or sails) you need to add a centerboard or leeboards to prevent the kayak from slipping sideways.
a common misconception is that in sailing you catch wind and use it to propel yourself, you dont. you actually funnel it through a little space which creates lift much like a planes wing, and that lift pulls you through the water. anyways nice vidvery creative kite.
Actually there are two kinds of sailing. When you are going straight downwind there is no lift, it is all drag. You can prove this by seeing that a sailboat will sail downwind with nothing but the mast for a sail. When sailing across or into the wind the lift forces come into play.
exactly, when sailing your sails are either creating lift or drag, there would be no use for a spinnaker if you were sailing into the wind - the spinnaker is a huge drag machine and a cool looking thing too!
HAHAHAHA! looks funny, I think most of the 'drive' you have is the mere fact you are going downwind anyway...me? I would get a small kitesurf kite, try a 3sq mtr size. Then add some way of 'grip' for the kayak...ie a small keel of sorts...this will help you go upwind...oh...and a small rudder, foot steering type. Dont feel bad...thing is YOU are out there trying this out in the first place...respect to you:)
robraver 4 months ago
you need a dignity
invernomuto00 9 months ago
longer lines
Theapothem 1 year ago
u need longer lines and a small powerkite :}
dragon2009uk1 1 year ago
u need longer lines and a small powerkite :}
dragon2009uk1 1 year ago
OK. I waited for over half of the video for the parafoil to be let out. Duh. Then I realized the string conected to the parafoil
was not connected to the bow. Duh. My experience was with an Ocean Kayak sit-on-top. I would paddle out in the bay as far as I could INTO THE WIND. Then I'd turn around, launch my parafoil and hang on! I don't know how many people have discovered this "sport", but it is a gas!!! Steering is limited, but ruddered kayak allows some discretion. Happy Para-Yaking!
g34me 2 years ago
P.S. Run your parasail line thru a hiking clip attached to the bow line. Launch the parasail just as this fellow is doing. Once it's high enough you let it go. The kite will drop momentarily until the slack in the line is taken up. The kayak follows the kite with no effort on your part. Assuming you have paddled out directly into the wind, you will return to your starting point. Then repeat.......paddle out, sail back!
g34me 2 years ago
g34me Why do you keep telling people to tie things to there kayak and let go. Use a kite you can control and its a lot more fun and affective.
thereverendkirk 10 months ago
Try something bigger like a Eclipse 10m...
nubb1337 2 years ago
For going downwind you actually would do better with a less efficient kite, or change the bridle on that one to fly at a lower angle to increase the amount of drag. It is probably easier just to build a big sled kite out of a couple of big trashbags. They pull like crazy and are very easy to make.
To go across or into the wind (with a kite or sails) you need to add a centerboard or leeboards to prevent the kayak from slipping sideways.
macrumpton 2 years ago
hi You should try to put a line on the kite. You should try a kayak sit on top and a kite bigger with 4 lines. Keep trainning.
ressanopapanoa 2 years ago
a common misconception is that in sailing you catch wind and use it to propel yourself, you dont. you actually funnel it through a little space which creates lift much like a planes wing, and that lift pulls you through the water. anyways nice vidvery creative kite.
skillzmaster09 2 years ago
Actually there are two kinds of sailing. When you are going straight downwind there is no lift, it is all drag. You can prove this by seeing that a sailboat will sail downwind with nothing but the mast for a sail. When sailing across or into the wind the lift forces come into play.
macrumpton 2 years ago
exactly, when sailing your sails are either creating lift or drag, there would be no use for a spinnaker if you were sailing into the wind - the spinnaker is a huge drag machine and a cool looking thing too!
Iris421989 2 years ago
it might go faster if you paddled
CATHALOCEALLAIGH 3 years ago
It's not as easy as it looks, right. Believe you me I've tried it.(p36jet) Good Job!
p36jet 3 years ago