pongnut - 29-1-2012 at 10:28 AM
I'm assuming a dry kite is a happy kite, especially when packed up. I haven’t made it out on the snow yet but I got to wondering how you guys dry
your kites in the winter after a session on the snow?
Is there any risk to hanging it outside in the sunshine as long as the temperature is reasonable? My concern is that if the temperature is below
freezing, any melted snow inside the kite would freeze and that may be harmful to the kite.
canuck - 29-1-2012 at 11:25 AM
After a snow session I try to leave my kite in an area that is going to stay well below freezing (normally not a problem in a Calgary winter) so that
I don't have to dry it. If the snow will melt, I dry it so there is no mold, mildew, stains, etc.
If you have snow inside the cells try to shake it out before packing up, otherwise it melts and pools taking longer to dry. If you have room to
stretch it out, try to hang it leading edge down so it drains. I have to lay mine out flat. The air is so dry here it does not take long to dry the
kite but it takes a while for the lines.
Kober - 29-1-2012 at 08:45 PM
My kite is hanging after "wet" session right now .......
In winter ..... with temp. below zero. once I left kite in my cars trunk...... next day when unpacked for another session ..... by lines and
pulleys was frozen in one big chunk of ice ....... I think temperature in car was above zero when I was driving and snow melted ......and travel
to lowest point in kite bag.... where all pulleys was located ...... and in night freezes ..... I could not use it that day ........ since then I
always dry my kites or bring indoors if I am planning to go out next day ....
..... stain on another kite teach me to dry kites in summer too ..... if kite is not fully dry ... I am not storing it for longer then 2 days
without drying ....
kitedelight - 30-1-2012 at 04:47 PM
I pretty much always hang it up after snowkiting. Sure, it probably doesn't need it sometimes, but I like knowing its totally dry when it goes back in
the bag.
I hang mine on a 6 foot 1.5" wood dowel (wrapped in packing tape) in the garage, works well and it's space efficient. I have 2 "circular" type screws
(ie, screws that wrap around in a circle at the end) in the ceiling, and circular screws on the ends of the dowel, and I connect them with a small 6"
bungey. I just need to fold the kite in 1/2, then place the dowel in the middle of that, and fold over again so it doesn't hang too low when it's up.
I'll try and get a pic up of the set up.
Todd - 30-1-2012 at 05:30 PM
Place 24m into the kitchen/sons room a let the comedy begin on how to get to the fridge
