They need an automatic kite sail system for yachts and catamarans , no masts no rigging set and forget. Awesome to see people trying to work out a system.
Thanks for sharing that great story of design and innovation, congratulations. What fun and hard work that must have been. Honking along on foils powered by a huge kite, you beauty...
So why is this not more common? Add both sails and a kite onto a sailboat. Why not? Could figure out a way to do it, and maybe gain 5+ knots? That's pretty huge!!
bigger the sail, the better. why not? Go 2x larger and go much higher.. Speed speed Speed Baby... Wind speeds much higher up over 100'. Let goto 350-500 ft high
The boat @ 5:03 seems to have an adequate ratio of weight to kite area, but the next one appears to be to big and heavy and with too many people onboard in relation to kite area.