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Old 01-24-2008, 09:09 AM
Skyway Scott
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That is a pretty new concept, actually. I hear ya' on the sails, but it's a kite.
The wind up top is MUCH stronger than what a sailboat can get with sails down low. Plus, it takes up zero space on the deck. The kite also helps give a little lift to the hull. Pretty nifty.

Anyway, just a couple of years ago many people were skeptical that this would ever happen, so I guess it took some serious engineering.
That'd be a cool job, piloting the kite. "Ok dudes... prepare for a railey to blind!!"

Wow, if you save 1,600 hundred a day on fuel, that really adds up.
I wonder what the whole kite and rigging costs? It'd be easy to justify a quarter million, or more, right?
I know that's a "sales pitch" I use on people all the time about this sport (no gas bill) if they think a grand is a lot for a kite rig. Not that I sell people stuff, you know what I mean, though.
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