New Age Trawler/Motorsailer; Kite assisted PowerYacht

[Guillermo]

I'm not thinking about the kite as "coming home" option only, but as auxiliary power at all times when direction of wind allows. Even as the only means of propulsion if wind's strong enough. Particularly interesting for small commercial fishing boats. Maybe I'll put some work on this idea.

Cheers.

[brian eiland]

Another fellow sailor working towards some kite power

http://www.parlier.org/beyond_the_se...a.php?beyond=4

http://www.parlier.org/beyond_the_se...ce_reserve.php

[brian eiland]

http://www.hiswasymposium.com/pdf/20...nackenberg.pdf

http://www.hiswasymposium.com/symposium_papers.asp

[Boston]

Originally Posted by Guillermo

I'm not thinking about the kite as "coming home" option only, but as auxiliary power at all times when direction of wind allows. Even as the only means of propulsion if wind's strong enough. Particularly interesting for small commercial fishing boats. Maybe I'll put some work on this idea.

Cheers.

I was thinking that the if you want to fly a pattern to increase pull then hanging a pendulum off the kite kinda in the same position as were a para-foil pilot would be and using a sprint kinda like a clock does to maintain the motion and period of the swing you would have a nice little automated tracking system for the pattern you wanted to fly
with out all the electronics or at least with a minimum of electronics

that and a simple system of cables similar to U control cables in model airplanes for altitude control and attitude in a pinch
just a thought if it helps any

B