... I am going to live dangerously with no get=home engine (but maybe a get-home kite)... Does a kite as gethome really work? Any experience or trustable sources? Burkhard

At 09:55 AM 1/7/02 +0100, you wrote: >... I am going to live dangerously with no get=home engine (but maybe a >get-home kite)... > >Does a kite as gethome really work? Any experience or trustable sources? >Burkhard ============================================================== Not only will it get you home it will get you up and then you will need aeronautical charts and if you run into trouble, who do you call USCG or FAA????????????? . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain

becker@presse.de writes: >Does a kite as gethome really work? Any experience or trustable >sources? >Burkhard Don't know about a kite, but a Brunhilde-like first mate with an overlong paddle will do.... <grin> George

We prefer the old trusty drill with a paint stirer attached. Moves the boat good but we get complaints about the wake it creates. (:O) doc > becker@presse.de writes: > >Does a kite as gethome really work? Any experience or trustable > >sources? > >Burkhard > > Don't know about a kite, but a Brunhilde-like first mate with an > overlong paddle will do.... <grin> > > George > >