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  • nohuhu
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    Link to this post Posted: Jun 27, 2019 - 09:36 PM
    As your new avatar illustrates. klatsch

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  • wlrottge

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    Link to this post Posted: Jun 28, 2019 - 12:31 AM
    Yeah, almost sailed into the side of a 40-ish foot monohull at 20-ish kts with the kite up because the jib didn't have a window...
  • MN3
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    Link to this post Posted: Jun 28, 2019 - 08:46 AM
    wlrottgeYeah, almost sailed into the side of a 40-ish foot monohull at 20-ish kts with the kite up because the jib didn't have a window...

    your jib was obscuring your view more than your spin?
  • wlrottge

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    Link to this post Posted: Jun 28, 2019 - 05:14 PM
    MN3your jib was obscuring your view more than your spin?


    Well, maybe I should have also said that the main didn't have a window either.... But, when the spin pole is low and the jib tack is on the pole, yes it actually does keep you from seeing what you might normally be able to see through the window and under the foot of the kite or upwind.



    Edited by wlrottge on Jun 28, 2019 - 05:20 PM.
  • MN3
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    Link to this post Posted: Jun 28, 2019 - 05:26 PM
    wlrottge
    MN3your jib was obscuring your view more than your spin?


    Well, maybe I should have also said that the main didn't have a window either.... But, when the spin pole is low and the jib tack is on the pole, yes it actually does keep you from seeing what you might normally be able to see through the window and under the foot of the kite or upwind.Edited by wlrottge on Jun 28, 2019 - 05:20 PM.

    gotcha

    all fair points
    my tack is attached to the furler ring and is fairly high up

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