O/T - For Mike and Konrad

[Andrew_Butchart]

http://www.coastalwindsports.com/NABX08.html

Man - I wish I had that much flat ground around here.

[capt jake]

That would be a kick in the keester (sp?).

[PAR]

Find a parking lot and go for it. Make it a big parking lot, as these things are fast (15 knots of wind, 40 - 50 MPH).

[Andrew_Butchart]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7735242.stm#id7730000/7735400/7735439

Here's something else for brave souls with paid up insurance and good medical care ....

[Konrad]

I converted a few iceboats I've built to land sailers, and also sailed a kite car.

They're awesome.  You just need free room.

I can't remember the size of the kite we sailed.

I do know it lifted me off the ground about a foot several times, and I'm 6'-2", 197 lbs

[capt jake]

Wow Andrew, that is a great video.

[MikeStevenson]

Andrew,

Thanks for the thread. Sorry I missed it at the time it came out. I'm in Zurich right now, and my wife has been tempting me with photos of the wide beaches around Normandy (she'd taken shots of kite-cars ther a few years ago). It'd be REALLY fun to do the Vector II for those beaches...Hmmm.

(I just need to find a shop space somewhere here...)

Paul's shot of hte windsurfer-like rig is close to what I'd like to try out. So many fun new materials and components since we did our last sailcar.

Mike