Kite (sailboat)

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Kite
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Development
Designer Carter Pyle
Location United States
Year1965
Builder(s) Newport Boats
Mobjack Manufacturing Corp.
Role One-design racer
NameKite
Boat
Boat weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Draft 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with daggerboard down
Hull
Type monohull
Construction fiberglass
LOA 11.58 ft (3.53 m)
LWL 10.92 ft (3.33 m)
Beam 5.00 ft (1.52 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type daggerboard
Rudder(s)transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type cat rig
Sails
Sailplan catboat
Mainsail area78.00 sq ft (7.246 m2)
Total sail area78.00 sq ft (7.246 m2)
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The Kite is an American sailboat that was designed by Carter Pyle as a one design racer and first built in 1965. [1] [2] [3]

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Production

The design was built by Newport Boats in Newport Beach, California and Mobjack Manufacturing Corp. in Gloucester, Virginia starting in 1965, but it is now out of production. [1] [3] [4] [5]

Design

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Kite

The Kite is a recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a single sail catboat rig, a slightly raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a daggerboard. It displaces 165 lb (75 kg). [1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with the centerboard extended and 5 in (13 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [1] [3]

For sailing the design is equipped with boom vang and a center-boom-mounted mainsheet. [1] [3]

The design has a hull speed of 4.43 kn (8.20 km/h). [3]

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Kite Class, but it is now inactive. [6]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Kite sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Carter Pyle". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Kite". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Mobjack Manufacturing Corp". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kite Plans". Boating magazine. July–December 1966. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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