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K2 Test – April 26

4/26/16

Testing today in burly sea conditions with Max Carlgren and Michael Mahlberg from Båtnytt magazine. Some difficulty with the winch when retrieving the kite.

Kai View Data:
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K2 Test + Video – March 25

3/25/16
Foiling Jibe.

Light wind today. We foiled around Alcatraz, under the Bay Bridge, and all the way back to Alameda, where we performed some nice foiling jibes.

Video is available here: https://vimeo.com/160828953

Kai View Data:
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K2 Test – March 24

3/24/16

Beautiful day out on the Bay. We hit a top speed of nearly 37 knots in only about 13 to 16 knots of wind.  This is the fastest we have gone (so far) on our new T-Foils or ever with this boat! We foiled from outside the Golden Gate bridge, where the swells and chop were very rough, all the way back to Alameda, where we practiced jibing in the lagoon, in calmer wave and wind conditions. This was also the first time we were able to kite back the full distance back to Alameda after crossing under the Bay Bridge.

Kai View Data:
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K2 Test – November 12

11/12/15

Tested new sonar sensor in middling wind. Circled Alcatraz a few times and raced some kitesurfers near Crissy Field. Sailed under the Bay Bridge from the north.

K2 Test – Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race – September 3

9/3/15
Kiteboat gliding alongside the Golden Gate

Delayed start and low wind near the finish. Kiteboat came in 15th overall and first in the Open class! Results from SFYC below.

KAIView showed a 2 knot ebb current at TI, as if 6-knot wind wasn’t bad enough over there…

Kai View Data:
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Sail No Boat Name
Boat Type Skipper/Crew From Finish
Time Elasped
Time Scr
Plc Scr
Pts Yellow 60 Foil Kite Johnny Heineken () 17:59:26 00:13:26 1 1.00 25 charmalu Foil Kite chip wasson () 18:00:34 00:14:34 2 2.00 13 WHISTLIN’ DIXIE Foil Kite GEOFF HEADINGTON () 18:01:59 00:15:59 3 3.00 09 F-ONE Foil Kite Joey Pasquali () 18:05:41 00:19:41 4 4.00 02 Foil Kite Nico Landauer () 18:06:31 00:20:31 5 5.00 Harken […more]