Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  Drift launching a 5-line kite          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message SpaceRacer Since 04 Nov 2007 434 Posts Obsessed Wed Apr 06, 11 2:06 pm    Drift launching a 5-line kite How do you guys do it? Wrap lines on bar, keep tension on the 5th line, place kite in water leading edge down, nose into wind, pay out lines, spin your kite, pray, launch, hook in, go? Any advice? holly Since 09 Jul 2006 440 Posts Hood River Obsessed Wed Apr 06, 11 4:35 pm     the way I do: you can wrap your lines and do the un wrap. easy way though is to slowly let the 5th line out, keep your kite leading edge down. works 99% of the time. SpaceRacer Since 04 Nov 2007 434 Posts Obsessed Wed Apr 06, 11 6:56 pm     Yeah Holly that makes sense. Easy as pie unless lines could get snagged. Then it'd be a wind up/pay out. Wish I did this at 3-Mile yesterday. Thanks, P Gman Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped Thu Apr 07, 11 9:17 am     try flaking your lines into a bucket - seen this work pretty well... _________________ Go Deep! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2pBpQolKE tdalb Since 25 Oct 2008 62 Posts   Sat Apr 09, 11 5:02 pm    drift launch I had to do it today at rufus....right across from the Wall. I knew I had the lines rigged correctly, but some how I must have flipped the bar in such a way that the back lines got caught inside the center lines, $%^&$, back to the beach to start over! It was a little sketchy because it was fully wound 7m, and a bit northerly...but after being sure that I held the bar in alignment with the kite...it worked! Rig the lines from the front of the kite, and be sure you keep the bar oriented with the kite..when initially letting go of the kite, hold the bar in one hand and work the bar back and forth as the lines release. Most likely, the lines will get snagged at some point as they unravel...pull the kite in to provide slack on the bar so you can grab the snag and free it....That was my experience anyway! Peace out flyin_dutchman Since 12 Dec 2008 106 Posts LandLocked Stoked Mon Apr 11, 11 6:18 pm     Gman wrote: try flaking your lines into a bucket - seen this work pretty well... What is that? flaking? Gman Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped Mon Apr 11, 11 8:29 pm     http://www.animatedknots.com/flemish/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com _________________ Go Deep! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2pBpQolKE Gman Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped Tue Apr 12, 11 7:43 am     Pretty much lay out your lines attach to kite as normal - most people just wind back up on the bar and unwind as the kite drifts If you flake the lines starting at the bar end into a bucket - nothing fancy maybe a figure 8 pattern- Just pile em on top til you reach the kite http://www.animatedknots.com/fig8flake/index.php?Categ=ropecare&LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com Works well for a boat launch _________________ Go Deep! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2pBpQolKE        Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Northwest Kiteboarding Discussion Forum----------------Gorge / Portland / Oregon CoastFor SaleLost & FoundIndustry SoapboxCGKA  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum