Speaking of "keeping it out of the drink," I took a 4m Peak4 out of stock for myself and went foiling with it today.flying doctor wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 9:46 pmGood tips Rolf, I hope I'll slowly get used to keeping it out of the drink..rolfjoosten wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 6:07 pmJust fly some loops when it gets really light. It prevents slack lines without adding lots of pull.
When drifting the kite try to fly it really high. I find lines slack more when the kite is low. Also try to ride the waves up and down rather than only shooting down the line...
Spun the bar at one stage, grabbed the wrong side and put the kite straight down in the water with slack lines
However I was able to tug the back lines a bit and expose a little kite to the wind and gradually peeled it up from the water until it was sitting nose down. Tugging the back lines some more, emptied the leading edge and it rose from the water where I could flip the kite in the air so it was leading edge up and flying and then I could drag to the board and get foiling again
A bit of practice and the Peak4 is not too hard to relaunch from a crash. It's a good idea to practice your Peak4 relaunches in shallow water so it's easier when you're 300m from shore wondering if you're in for a swim...
BTW this was my first time on a 4m Peak4, I have the 3m, 5m and 8m Peak4's. It's certainly a good fit between the 3m and 5m kites. The wind was good for a 5m Peak4 when I started and picked up a few knots over the next half hour. Normally I would have started on the 5m and had to change to the 3m to keep it fun. The 4m was fine for the entire session and definitely a keeper