--Pete

Stephen,


I would count your sails. You now have one less exp (if you have completely retired it) and one new b1

If you are new to Rev count, I would 'plus' the new sail; 'negative' the old sail; and give your current inventory.

You can't make it happen. All you can do is be open to something like that happening.

Such wusses! I routinely do 30-35 hour drives (well, once a year or so). I choose my time so that the end of the drive is at a time when I am normally awake and alert.

I can see that it is time for me to show up unexpectedly at some far-off venue.

Oh yes, and if you are new to Rev flying, remember: THE VERTICAL SPARS GO ON THE BACK OF THE KITE. (The side away from you as you are flying it.) Almost everybody who flies Revs has done it wrong at some point. With the spars in front a Rev will barely fly and is almost uncontrollable.

You can occasionally find Revs being sold cheap because the owner assembled it incorrectly and decided he had been ripped off and sold an expensive kite that wouldn't fly. The upright Rev flyer will conquer his lust for a cheap kite, and explain how the Rev is properly assembled, and maybe even offer a flying lesson.

One other thing that a "fast field wrap up" can introduce is DEBRIS! You will get twigs, grass stems, and other things included in your bundle. These can prevent loops being extracted from other loops.

In another thread, I advised hooking the line-ends to a single object: larks-head them to a twig, cut 4 slits in the edge of a piece of cardboard, or anything to preserve the orientation of the line-ends in relation to each other. Do the same at the other end of the line set and then keep your "aggregators" away from the main tangle and each other. Don't let them pass through any loops (it makes knots), or between the lines leading to the aggregator (it braids the line - which is worse than wrapping the line).


One possible solution to a situation like yours would be to ask for help in removing your lines from the playing field. Ask if someone would carry your kite (while you carry the handles), with the lines kept taut, off the playing field. Then stake your handles down in the usual way and wind the lines in a normal fashion. This has three beneficial effects: it gets you off the field quickly; it makes winding a leisurely and thoughtful process; and most importantly, it involves the team (or at least one individual) in your problem. Once they become part of the solution, instead of you being a problem, your problem becomes something they want to solve. They have a stake ('scuse the pun) in the solution.

"If one of you would go grab that kite and help me walk the lines off the field, I can be out of your way quickly, and you can get to your practice." You can explain that the lines need to be kept taut on the way, but the first communication needs to be quick, simple, and point out the advantage to them.

What we can do, we will do.