nigel

Where are you based @Anjii H? USA? UK?......... My first step would be to talk to your local wheel chair makers. Show them a kite buggy, and go from there. If there are some local kite buggyers around, they might be able to help with supplying a buggy for the chair makers to have a look at. Not many, if any, buggy manufacturers left. So I think your local chair maker would be the best start. If you were in Australia, I'd even to tempted to have a chat to the crew at Human Powered Vehicles | Trisled They make custom made trikes, quads, and even rail bikes!!

Welcome @Bartstar Sounds a very interesting idea. You might have some issues in resupply, as in where are you going to get new stock if you are a boat? Can your boat carry enough gear to be a kite hire/teaching, and kite selling store? How are the tides going to effect where you can leave your boat. I think you would find it far cheaper and an easier route, to work out the back of a van. You can visit the beaches with the best conditions, quicker than sailing. Stock can be easily got to from the van. Any large Peter Lynn show kiite (Home - Peter Lynn Kites) draws plenty of people to you. So no problem if attention is what your after. A nice idea, but I think a little impractical. But don't let me stop you from giving it a go.

Should have written this up earlier, but here we go. Arrived around 9am, and set the buggies up. A nice 10 knots blowing, and we had some fun. That was for the first hour..... Till Mr 12 made the mistake of parking the buggy on the very wet sand. Why is the sand wet? well the waves tend to wet it. So while Mr 12's kite was falling out of the air, the little PL was getting a little damp. The second wave tried to claim the buggy, and proceeded to pull it out to sea. Mr 12 then realised why I was waving my hands, and pointing at the buggy. So he rescued the PL and got some damp feet. Just to add to the pain, the wind decided that it too wanted to not be a sport, and dropped to sub 5 knots. 3km from the car, with a wet footed Mr 12, and a I pulled out the next size up kite. But it was no use. The 6.5m Vapor did not have it in it, to drag two attached buggies back to the car. So the walk of shame commenced. Got back to the car and packed up. Left the carpark at midday, and took a lazy drive home (2 hours). Stopped several times at places we normally drive through, so not a wasted day overall.

And here is Mr 12's GPS for the day. Fifth time in a buggy, first time using my Libre Full Race, and first time on the 10m Ozone Manta. And mine for the day. Only 5 kph faster!! (with a 6.5m Vapor and the GT buggy) Mr 12 is now claiming my Libre buggy. The cheeky bugger. And the Manta is his to, so he says.

An awesome day!!! Sunshine and a very light wind greeted our arrival to Sandy Point at 11:30am. A short walk up the hill to check out the beach. No white caps out the back of the breakers, so guessing it was only 5-6 knots. But we set up the two buggies (the Libre and the GT), grabbed a few kites, and hit the beach. The beach was just perfect, nice 80m wide hard packed sand. The wind had seemed to have already turned to the South, and was ment to head more Easterly later. So with a cross-on, and shifting to more down the beach, we didn't waste any time getting up and running. Had to first sort out Mr 12. Tried a few of his kites, but they were far too small. So, I offered my 10m Ozone Manta to him for a test, the biggest kite he has ever flown. He had a short static fly, then jumped in the buggy. I didn't get the kite back all day!! By the time he was up and running, the wind had picked up a knot or two, and there was the odd white cap out the back appearing. So I threw out a 6.5m PL Vapor and off towards the point we went. A little under powered, but still a nice solid run. Mr 12 turned back not long after reaching the sand spit. And, as usual for the spit, the wind was that knot or two stronger with no sand dunes to stop it. The 6.5m was starting to come alive!! To the end of the spit I went, and then back down the beach to find Mr 12. Got back to our starting point to find Mr 12 having fun with a big de-power kite. Doing little jumps, and leaving 30m skud marks down the beach. The wind was holding it's 7-8 knots now. It was 2pm and @DrWind turned up. So we all went for a run to the point. Mr 12 was a little slower than us two on the up wind, but when we came back down wind from the point, he was hot our tails!! Stopped for a short time out the front of Sandy Point, and decided to Follow @DrWind back down to his launching place at Waratah. Well the wind softened on the run down. We made it there, but getting back was going to be next to impossible. Now blowing sub 5 knots, and angling more down the beach, we were not going to be able to get back to our starting point. So a big thanks to @DrWind for the lift back to the car at Sandy Point, walking the 10km back would not have been too much fun. Drove the car to Waratah, and packed up the buggies, said good bye to @DrWind and home we went. Stopped along the way for Fish and Chips, and got home almost perfectly for a 12 hour door to door day. Just a Feaking Awesome Day!!

Weather looks great for a run tomorrow, (Saturday), on the main beach at Sandy Point. SSW at 8 knots. Low tide @ 2pm. So good from 12-4pm Got the car packed, and I'll be there about 11:30am See you there!!

School holidays are upon us, and that means I have the weekends free! So what better way to spend a Sunday morning than a cruise along a nice beach. Sandy Point is unavailable, due to a dead whale🐋. But Venus Bay is looking a better option with the current wind forecast. Low tide at 10am, so an early start. Winds are almost perfect onshore, about 10 knots. I will have my my super buggy buddy (Mr 11), who is eager for another session of smooth winds and a smooth beach. Any takers??

No. Other side of the world. 🇦🇺 The only country in the world that eats it's coat of arms.🍽️

Hey Eric, It might be a good idea to tell us where your based in the world? And good luck selling your "Power Tool" (Got to love AI, and predictive text)

Sounds good to me!! I'll have to dust off the buggies and kites.

Hi Kite_Illiterate, Welcome to the forum. First thing, you can't hurt or damage this kite. The kite is what we call a foil (parafoil) kite. There are no spars (sticks) in the kite, it is completely soft. Think of it much like a sleeping bag, but this one inflates with air when it gets used. So folding the kite, or stuffing it back into the bag can't hurt it. This kite is made by Flexifoil, and the model is a Blade III (well that's what the bag says? We might be wrong?). To find out what size the kite is, you will have to pull it out of the bag. There will be lots of strings on one side, this is the front of the kite. Best to lay the kite on it's back, so all the strings sit on the front of the kite. If you spread out the kite there is printing on the front towards the edges. One side (the left) has the model "Blade III" printed on it, the other side "the right" is the size. See the link below for a picture of a Blade III, size 3.0 (3 metre) in flight. Your kite should look the same, if it is as listed on the bag. If not, take a picture and post it up. You also might want to take a few photos now, to aid you in selling the kite. Things that we as kiters are interested in: Are there any tears in the kite? Is the material "crispy"? The skin of these kites become porous the more use they get, if flown for many hours, the material becomes soft to the touch, and doesn't make as much noise when crunched up. It can also feel damp to the touch (even when dry) if it has been flown down the beach a lot, as salt spray sticks to the kite and gives it this feeling. Are all the bridal lines ok? The bridal is the lines that the kite uses to keep it's shape in flight. See if any are snapped, broken, or pulled out from the kite. Easier for you to take lots of pictures to use in the sale of the kite. To fold it up: With the kite on it's back, and the bridal lines sitting on the front of the kite. Get one wing tip (the very left or right, edge of the kite) and drag it to the middle of the kite. Keep folding in this manner (edge to centre) till you end up with about a 30cm width from the centre. Do the same with the other side. Now make the last fold, folding both sides together. So you now have about a 30cm wide kite yet quite long, that just needs to be rolled. Start at the bottom, not the top (the top is where the air goes in to inflate it. So as we roll up the kite, the air is squeezed out. You should now have a neat rolled kite to push into the bag. Hope that helps.

Yep, it's a Rokkaku. Plenty of information on the net about "Roks" They are great stable flyers when set well. Good luck.

See you there for the biggest kite fly in the Southern states.

G'Day Douggie!! Good to see we are all getting to have a play at the beach!!

Starting on handles is a very good move. As Shane says, easy to bail out off when it hits the fan. You will find your time in a buggy will be limited by your arm strength in the beginning. But, as you get more experience under your belt, you can then transition to a harness. A harness is great, as it puts all the load on to your waist, not your arms. Bob's kites would be a good start. The 3.5 Rage would be my pick, with the 2.5 Twister second (I'd get both to have a small quiver). I would skip the Ozone Razor, it's a full on race kite and needs constant attention when flying, not so good for cruising around the park. The Reactor is a big kite, which will only get a run (and used) in light winds, a fair handful. But to buy one in that size will cost a lot more than Bob's asking price. I would get it as well, just to give you a super light wind kite. Purchase a 4.5-5m kite next and you should have about 80% of conditions covered. You could also do far worse than Shane's buggy. It would serve you well. Not a heavy buggy, so easy to transport. Not a fan of the super grippy rear tyres, but you can change them easy if you want. Cheers, Nigel.