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Mating wind-powered solutions to engineering challenges since 1978. From speed sailing records to remote logging and stone-moving - from elevated yacht-racing sails to practical Mars exploration - if
multi-megawatt tractive power from virtual skyhooks can solve your problem, KiteShip is there to help.

KiteShip Movies

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  •  Relaunch Movie play
  •  Commercial Ships and Kites play
  •  How to Set, Fly, Douse play
  •  Record Breaking OutLeader™ play
  •  Interactive Kite Video! play
  •  For Power Yachts too! play
  •  Two Boat Testing play
  •  Working the Kite play
  •  First Flight; 3000 sq ft kite play

KiteShip Photos

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Pocket Maxi AAPT with world-record 4,500 sf OutLeader kite
Pocket Maxi AAPT with world-record 4,500 sf OutLeader kite
Oracle BMW Racing's US-71 on the Hauraki Gulf, December 2002.
Latitude 38 reports on KiteShip's flying 3000 sf OutLeader on Flash.
Boat speed 8-9 with true at 12!
120meters on 37' Maxim Cat-Narragansett Bay.
Is that beautiful or what?
120meter kite outside Narragansett Bay.
Blazing past the field, Rolex Race Week in Narragansett Bay.
KiteShip burgee.
Dave Culp, KiteShip founder.
KiteShip™ IN THE HOUSE!
Launching from 38' power cat with no mast.
Power cat making 6-8 kts light wind-Florida.
Flying with the 65' Derek M Baylis.
School starts onboard Derek M Baylis.
Training with small 10 meter.
Zero wind inflation-280meters.
Pulling people off their feet-wind speed 3mph!
280meters first flight.
Two boat testing-J-105's-70meter vs. 83-guess who is leading?
Full control at launch.
70meter pulls test vehicle at 35 plus mph!
Mickey Ickert (North, EnZed) feels the power!
70meter OutLeader™.
Launching on the dry lake bed.
Looking for wind-70 meter.
40 meter kite being flown from test vehicle.
Flying station-test vehicle-one man control-electric winches.
Flying 10meter at the beach.
OutLeader Kites.

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