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New Kiteboat Design!

erratic winds - 29-8-2014 at 07:50 AM

http://www.kitetender.nl/

Two person kite powered dinghy. Looks like a lot of fun.
Their website took forever to load for me, so here's some youtube to check out while it loads if the same happens for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT1ruckcya0





I totally want one. Proletariat, THIS is how you'd get me on the water! :smilegrin:

PHREERIDER - 29-8-2014 at 09:11 AM

cool, the nut buster center post hook looks to be something to get used to. easy fun and fast! needs hydrofoil !

indigo_wolf - 29-8-2014 at 09:28 AM

Quote: Originally posted by erratic winds  
http://www.kitetender.nl/

Two person kite powered dinghy. Looks like a lot of fun.
Their website took forever to load for me, so here's some youtube to check out while it loads if the same happens for you.


The initial page weighs in at 13MB..... so much for website optimization.

ATB,
Sam

erratic winds - 29-8-2014 at 10:47 AM

Phree- They are working on a hydrofoil version!

PHREERIDER - 29-8-2014 at 01:47 PM

truly living in the phuture....they must be phrench!

shaggs2riches - 30-8-2014 at 07:37 PM

I love this. Just wonder what the price point will look like. It would totally awesome to be able to sail on the lake with the wife.

PHREERIDER - 31-8-2014 at 04:07 PM

sun fish doing 20knts! with a good rudder man you could mow out some surf! blasting over it!

a trimaran/ or moth! man that would fun

Proletariat - 31-8-2014 at 05:47 PM

I'm in! These look rad.

RedSky - 31-8-2014 at 06:55 PM

The only negative thing apart from the storage issues of my KiteCat is the spray kicked up by the hulls as they run headlong into oncoming waves. It stings the eyes to the point I have to close and shield them as I ride. As I watched the video above it looked uncomfortable and reminded me of the KiteCat in the sea.

My only criticism is, if it's to be used at sea then it could do with a windscreen up front. Other than that it looks great and having some proper room for a passenger will make it much more fun to use.