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 Sula Cloud (read 1187 times) - The Sula Cloud [tentative title] A Novel by Wade Tarzia © 2006 Chapter 1 After they had argued, they stared at each other for exactly 5 seconds -- the chronometer hung on line of sight with her face -- then she’d sent him aloft, where...Read More


 Up where the air is clear (read 2259 times) - Let's go fly a kite Up to the highest height Let's go fly a kite And send it soaring Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear Oh, let's go fly a kite! - song from Mary Poppins. Yesterday it was Team New...Read More


 High as a Kite - Dave Culp Interview (read 8965 times) - Educated at Stanford and UC Davis, Dave Culp began professionally designing kite powered boats in 1978 at the age of 24. Culp-designed kite boats were entered at the Johnny Walker Speed Weeks from 1978 to 1981 and the Schmirnoff Speed Weeks 1986 to...Read More


 Largest Kite Ever Built to Power Cruise Ship (read 2649 times) - US companies KiteShip Corporation and Adventurer Cruise Ship Acquisition Corporation are teaming up to install kite sail power onto the first of Adventurer Cruise Ship's vessels. Subject to shareholder approval, KiteShip will design,...Read More


 Downwind Kites (read 1823 times) - Remember those images of huge kites streaming high above the masthead on Oracle BMW's USA76 on practice days during the Louis Vuitton Cup Series? Could they become the 'hot ticket' on the race course? According to KiteShip USA, the...Read More


 Wird Oracle BMW Racing zum Drachen? (read 1676 times) - Wird Oracle BMW Racing zum Drachen? Das amerikanische Team hat in den vergangenen Tagen ein Kite-Segel auf dem Hauraki-Golf getestet (19.12.2002) Nach den neuen Anhängen, die einen "falschen Rumpf" simulieren sollen, scheint sich...Read More


 Coppa America, scoppia la guerra tecnologica (read 3138 times) - AUCKLAND - Scoppia la guerra tecnologica fra i tre consorzi superstiti della Coppa America, in attesa che la sfida One World-Oracle decida chi affrontera' Alinghi in finale. Dopo la rivoluzionaria appendice ideata da Team New Zealand, e...Read More


 America's Cup technology race heats up (read 2628 times) - AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) -- The three remaining syndicates in the America's Cup challenger series are researching or testing breakthrough technology developed by defenders Team New Zealand. Swiss challenger Alinghi has admitted testing and...Read More