Hydrofoil Profile Question

[ancient kayaker]

Originally Posted by Rick Willoughby

Steady light breeze would be nice as well during initial attempts.

Rick W

That's what I don't ever get at my local pond. I can sail Lake Simcoe at Barrie where there's usually a good breeze, but the beach that has an offshore prevailing breeze is swimmers only except for a tiny stretch that is masked by buildings and a big stretch with nasty rocks.

There's also a couple of high-rises that have monstrous wind shadows, I couldn't believe how far and how much they killed the wind. Sail a kite board behind those and its a long paddle home with a wet kite!

I forgot the other factor I have to deal with locally: two bridges with about 6 ft clearance. Maybe I should just move!

[Guest625101138]

I have been tempted to buy a small kite to play with on one of my pedal boats but it has such limited scope that I think it would be a waste of money.

I think they offer value in the open ocean and I am not inclined to take a small boat into that situation.

Rick W

[Munter]

Not exactly hydrofoil profiles but seeing as we're wandering...
I have kited from a canoe. I took a small (4m) ram air on a trip with my girl to see if I couldn't get a bit of a free ride along some section. See photo attached.

The kite flew off handles and despite a relatively steady breeze I had big control issues. I had to fly the kite from the mid-point of the canoe and found directional control much harder than on a kite board. Mostly it was a trawling exercise. I take some pride in the small bow wave shown in the pic though - proof I did get it going (a bit...).