Re: [Cal_Boats] Odd Spinnaker Design

They've been around for a while. In theory they appear to work great. My fear would be how well they launch out of a bag and how easy are they to pack. Paul In a message dated 1/8/2010 5:22:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, bo… [at] yahoo.com writes: All, Saw this at the Annapolis Sail show this year, by a company called IS TEC, and it IS impressive. So impressive I have requested a quote to build one for Boomerang!. It uses the principles similar to parachutes/kiteboarparachu providing more power in less space than a traditional kite, and the design allows dangerous gusts to spill...protecting rigs and spars. I like the concept a lot. It is called ParaSailor, and you can find out more at _www.ParasailorUSA.www_ (http://www.parasailorusa.com/) . Frankly, I think its awesome.... Charles S/V Boomerang! 1980 Cal 39, Mark II St Michaels, MD From: "timmothy.lessley@ "timmothy<timmothy..lessley@timmothy> To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou C Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 4:18:58 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Odd Spinnaker Design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asso6..jpg)

Here's a link to a Parasailor kite vid... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-lOY_8VjuE&feature=related And no, I have no vested interest....though I wish I did... Charles S/V Boomerang! 1980 Cal 39, Mark II St Michaels, MD From: "pw… [at] aol.com" <pw… [at] aol.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 6:05:23 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Odd Spinnaker Design They've been around for a while. In theory they appear to work great. My fear would be how well they launch out of a bag and how easy are they to pack. Paul In a message dated 1/8/2010 5:22:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boomerang_cal39@ yahoo.com writes: >All, > >Saw this at the Annapolis Sail show this year, by a company called IS TEC, and it IS impressive. So impressive I have requested a quote to build one for Boomerang!. It uses the principles similar to parachutes/kiteboar ds etc, providing more power in less space than a traditional kite, and the design allows dangerous gusts to spill...protecting rigs and spars. I like the concept a lot. It is called ParaSailor, and you can find out more at www.ParasailorUSA. com . > >Frankly, I think its awesome.... > Charles >S/V Boomerang! >1980 Cal 39, Mark II >St Michaels, MD > > > > > From: "timmothy.lessley@ ch2m..com" <timmothy..lessley@ ch2m.com> >To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com >Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 4:18:58 PM >Subject: [Cal_Boats] Odd Spinnaker Design > > >

Wow . . . looks easy enough. Paul In a message dated 1/8/2010 6:25:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, bo… [at] yahoo.com writes: Here's a link to a Parasailor kite vid.... _http://www.youtube.http://wwwhttp://www.yo&feature=related_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-lOY_8VjuE&feature=related) And no, I have no vested interest...though I wish I did... Charles S/V Boomerang! 1980 Cal 39, Mark II St Michaels, MD From: "pwestla@aol. "pwestla<pw… [at] aol.pwe> To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou C Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 6:05:23 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Odd Spinnaker Design They've been around for a while. In theory they appear to work great. My fear would be how well they launch out of a bag and how easy are they to pack. Paul In a message dated 1/8/2010 5:22:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boomerang_cal39@ yahoo.com writes: All, Saw this at the Annapolis Sail show this year, by a company called IS TEC, and it IS impressive. So impressive I have requested a quote to build one for Boomerang!. It uses the principles similar to parachutes/kiteboar ds etc, providing more power in less space than a traditional kite, and the design allows dangerous gusts to spill...protecting rigs and spars. I like the concept a lot. It is called ParaSailor, and you can find out more at _www.ParasailorUSA. com_ (http://www.parasailorusa.com/) . Frankly, I think its awesome.... Charles S/V Boomerang! 1980 Cal 39, Mark II St Michaels, MD From: "timmothy.lessley@ ch2m.com" <timmothy..lessley@ ch2m.com> To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 4:18:58 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Odd Spinnaker Design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asso6..jpg)