Hi Ken,

Glad you like the BFK 21.

It seems OK for us; however it was pretty light wind so I am not sure
whether the block is strong enough. It's probably better to attach the
chicken loop to the top of a short mast around 1' to clear the bar from
the deck.

Hung.

tickittyboo2 wrote:

>Hi Hung,
>
>Ken from Kingston here, i bought a bfk 21 from you last fall. Love
>that kite btw. A friend of mine and I were planning on trying to
>hook a kite up to his laser here in town. We were just wondering if
>the ratchet block was strong enough to take the load of a big kite.
>You had no problems? How did you attatch it? Thanks in advance for
>the info. I'll have to give you a call one of these days, cuz i
>think i might have to get one of those waroos soon.
>
>Ken
>
>--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, hungvu2000@... wrote:
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> > I am planning to write a section on Kiteboating at the Kitesurfing
> > School web site http://kiteboardingschool.org/kiteboating.htm so
>we (2
> > kiters) tried a standard Laser sailboat with a 12m Waroo in light
>wind
> > around 7 knots over the week-end.
> >
> > After 2 failed attempts of kiteboating with the kite attached to
>one of
> > us (we got pull off the boat), we tried attaching the kite to the
>center
> > block of the Laser and it worked very nicely.
> >
> > We could do everything (down wind, upwind, jibe, kiteloop and even
>stop
> > the boat by swinging the kite backward) except for relaunching the
>kite
> > (the wind was too light perhaps).
> >
> > We will try it in stronger wind to see how the relaunching will
>work.
> >
> > Kiteboating is definitly a great things to do when you want to go
>kiting
> > with a friend ...
> >
> > Hung.
> >
>
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