Hi - I have searched and looked in the long Peak4 thread, as I remember a discussion about whether it sinks to say 1 meter, as one said, but I cant find it.
Would make a new thread, easier this way, instead of a 157 page long thread....
Today wind went from 8 knots, to almost zero, when out with the 8 m2 Peak4, managed to pull and loop myself to low water, but then the wind died totally and it went down.
Okay, now I had the chance to test the "sinking".
I let my bar stay on the board, and went to the kite.
Pushed it down into the water, after having pushed all air out of the front tube.
It stayed in the surface, but not OVER the surface.
Then I took the lines, a bit away from the kite, and pulled a bit, then it began to sink slightly indeed, like some has said he experiened.
Might be coincidence that it had an angle so it was pulled down, and not stayed in the surface - I think so.
I also noticed, that the bridles and pulleys was on the bottom, it was 3 feet deep only, so they are sinking slowly.
Now I also had the chance to practice deep water pack down in low water, and found one way that worked great:
Start with one tip, lift the TE corner up, and push the water out.
Then start rolling the kite from the tip, but lift the LE up now, to empty water, just before you roll it.
This will go quite easy once you have got it.
Dont roll from both sides, just continue all the way to the other tip, and then again lift the TE corner of the other tip to empty it, reversed to the LE.
Worked brilliantly.
If you just try to roll the kite when it is fully in the water, you will be in trouble, I found out, did not work well, almost impossible.
But super easy when emptying the tip first, and then lifting the LE free of water while rolling, went quite fast this way.
Peter