I plan to try flying my quad line kite on short lines from my yak this spring/ summer. You have incredibly precise control with a quad line kite, and should be able to tack fairly well with it. A single line parafoil kite is going to need more wind than we generally have here in CT, and a bear to launch from a short line too unless you get one that is much larger than most people are going to want to spend on an experiment. Lisa

: Does anyone have any experience using a parafoil sail when kayaking? What are
: your experiences etc.?I finished my Pygmy triple last summer and really
: enjoy it. We generally use it as a double or single. I want to run the
: attachment line from the front of the forward cockpit, but need some sort
: of reel arrangement in order to reel the parafoil back in. The line being
: used is 200lb test.