Rev Kite Team Notes, The Decorators

High grey cloud cover today but the rain mostly held off. Full 1.5 sails with race rods worked in the mostly consistent SW breeze.We were only four but looked at the possibility of the leaders benefit/Felix in a circular format and it looks like the 'get-out' that I imagined will actually work. The other kites separate/fly out and the leader flies...

A quiet day on Blackheath under low grey clouds with the trees turning colour around the heath.A steady NE breeze with occasional light drops of rain. Standard 1.5 with race or 3 wrap worked fine. Amongst other things face to face 180s was good to rehearse as it is a move that requires confidence as much as anything else. 'Just do it' in the verna...

It turned out that it was better for me to do Saturday at Frieze so I was able to get to Blackheath today after all.Another light wind day flying directly into the sun. It didn't prevent us from doing lots of close free flying with the CRs and Zens.We occasionally lapsed into formal team flying as and when the breeze was more consistent.Once the after...

In contrast to last Sunday, today was at the other end of the spectrum in terms of wind speed with periods of absolute calm.So it was Zens and CR sails. I was flying the CR with 3 wrap most of the time but finally changed to Race Rods which allowed the kite to float on the rising air when the directional flow died away. Sometimes a little extra weight all...