Kite-Sailing With A Motor Boat

[@Stoic-of-Rome]

Thank god you put music to this footage, I would have hated it if you explained what you were doing or something useful like that.

[@koborkutya7338]

This is a great auxiliary power for powerboats. Can save fuel or extend range or backup propulsion. Just make it work on its own.

[@justinbiebre6086]

It's nos working on ira on, look for Airbus cargoship

[@jameswest685]

Memories of flying a kite. Seems like it has a side of fun.

[@thaiiexpat10]

Can you increase size of kit, and use it to pull, ,maybe giving you an extra 1-2 knots/hr?

[@professorhoodoo]

5 years ago??? Where is this revolution?

[@ke2delight]

Did you bother to check the web page? They are still in business.

[@imperius88]

Honestly if you just put a few tails on that thing to keep it bottom-heavy and it wont whip around like that and you wont have to worry about losing it in the ocean.

[@1FishinAddict]

It’s whipping around to harness more power in low wind conditions. That’s the whole idea behind it. Look up kiteboarding

[@ivanixdevon7526]

when was this video originally posted??? the date here shows May 2024, but many of the comments here are from 3 or 5 years ago!!! A bit misleading!

[@thealexgalaxyoriginal]

nice setup! What kind of kite are you flying?

[@sk333tchy]

I alaways think 'great wheater' lol

[@LObservador101]

Too much music man show results

[@AvadaKedavra943]

My time flying the kite is worth more than the fuel cost. So, no.

[@timgoes]

It's not sailing, it's flying a kite.

[@tophan5146]

Kite flies at altitudes between 100m and 150m where winds are far stronger than at the level of the vessel. At those altitudes it has a dynamic flight pattern, which resembles the shape of a figure 8. For this reason, the kite generates up to 20 times more power per square meter compared to a conventional sail”

[@tophan5146]

Asim Ayyubi, same with sail and yet people can sail.

[@DmitriyLaktyushkin]

@Asim Ayyubi Well imagine a sail that produces 25x the power going straight downwind. That's a kite. Going upwind kite is still going to be more efficient just not by such a wide margin. Don't believe me? Look up kitesurfing vs windsurfing comparisons. The problem with kites is keeping them up in the air is not trivial. And crashing one in a waves could mean losing the kite. Launching one is also not an easy task, this video skipped that which I'm rather disappointed about. Most importantly, kites have a minimum wind speed requirement below which they stall and drop from the sky. I think these are the main challenges for serious marine power kite use.

[@serge470]

@@DmitriyLaktyushkin going downwind just use spinnaker, surfboards cannot use it

[@koborkutya7338]

@@serge470 Why not using a paddle then? This is something new, don't explain existing variants.