We've been lucky enough to have more wind so we've been out training and testing more equipment. We've recieved our shipment of 15m Nazca II's from Gin and have had some light wind days to test them. I'm quite impressed with the performance for such a big kite, its faster turning that any 15m I've tried and like the others in the range has plenty of depower. I'm thinking that this will be my kite of choice for the trip unless the wind is forecast to get really strong. I'd prefer to be really powered for the trip to keep the speed up and also so I don't have to work the kite and thus expend unecessary energy. If the forecast is less than say 25mph then I'll be going on this, if it does drop then I'll have more power. I reckon it'll be safe up to in excess of 35mph for the 85-90kg riders (most of us!).
We been doing some flat water riding at a new location for a change and covered a fair few miles. 25m (1hr 30m) in one session and 15m in another (1hr). Its suprising how much distance you cover in a session. Maximum speed on the sessions was about 25mph, highest average speed 15mph. This means that in theory the crossing will take us 6 hours, probably closer to 8hrs. Its going to be tough, but if the wind is with us and the sea state is reasonable we should be able to do it quicker. Unfortuantely its going to be a bit of a lottery!
Bring it on.
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