Kiting from a boat is great and really easy. Learned it from Nick at the kitehouse(thanks Nick). The only thing I have found to make it a bit easier is to lay out my lines at home on the lawn and index them into a foam block that has 4 slits in it. after indexing wind up the lines and you are ready to go. That way the lines stay straight and you can attach them to the kite while it is in the water and just unwind them and they will be straight. It also helps to have a small anchor with line and a shackle to attach to the chicken loop once you have the lines unwound and tight to verify all is straight. Waroos will sit on their wingtip but I have had a few occassions where they launch unaccompanied and scream across the window and slam down at the other side. Cabrinhas dont seem to do this nor do flexis or liquid force assaults. Point with this is to allow lots of room between boats or other fixed objects, swimmers etc when launching from a boat.
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