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  1. Reef Runner
    Actually, I was planning on winning that kite................
  2. Reef Runner
    Zenfully Kewl...............!
  3. Reef Runner
    Hey, it's your forum !
  4. Reef Runner
    I have two sets from the Kite Shoppe, also, and that is a very tough and tight braid, that they use for sleeving. I have made all of my other sets, myself, both dual & quad, and for those, I used a standard sleeving, that I purchased in bulk. I did use a sleeving, that was sized for the size LPG, that I was using. This sleeving was intended to be used as sleeving, so maybe it's different. Still, I've never had one to wear out, granted, I don't fly as much as you, though John. I've heard a lot of people talking about sleeving moving around on them, or bunching up. That's usually due to using a sleeving, that is way too large for the line, and/or, tying off the wrong end first - or that has been my experience............
  5. Reef Runner
    You guys got it going on ! Bravo!
  6. Reef Runner
    Very nice...............
  7. Reef Runner
    Can't you just see John, on a big sewing table, sewing himself up inside of a big kite
  8. Reef Runner
    I think that it's got to do, with what that sleeving is made of. There's lots of hollow core, braided line out there, that could be used as sleeving, but all of that line was made, with a specific end use, in mind. Possibly, the sleeving that is wearing out, wasn't intended to be used as sleeving, where it gets rubbed and pulled, etc .....??...... I've got several different quad line sets, all different lengths & different strengths, but 99% of the time, I fly with either my 100' x 90lb, or 100' x 50#, and I have had both of these sets, for a long, long time. And, as you just stated, "I have yet to wear out any of the line sleeving!!" I wonder if it could have anything to do with the pigtails, or the bridles, that these sleeved loops are being attached to ? Again, I don't understand what is wearing them out, but either way, I going to try not to lose any sleep over it
  9. Reef Runner
    Nick, just go to the link below, and enter the smallest value (#1), and the largest value (currently #7), in the appropriate boxes. Then scroll down and click on "Get Sequence".............and voila, the first number in the randomly generated sequence, is your winner. http://www.random.org/sequences/
  10. Reef Runner
    I still can't understand, what you guys are doing, to wear out sleeving.................
  11. Reef Runner
    YOU, "sewed" a kite ???..............
  12. Reef Runner
    You just finished your first "WHAT" ?
  13. Reef Runner
    Your Barber !
  14. Reef Runner
    Let them..... We come back to that shared saying....Those that were seen dancing.. Were considered crazy by those who couldn't hear the music.
  15. Reef Runner
    Hmmmm ............I never had a sleeve to wear out (?). What are you doing to wear them out so often ?
  16. Reef Runner
    5 - 9 - 0
  17. Reef Runner
    I gotta get me a RV (motor home). You guys are having way too much fun............
  18. Reef Runner
    Tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, tic......................hmmmmmmm, this is looking good ! I really like that kite............
  19. Reef Runner
    Yep, but you've got to have some people coming by! That helps.................... Some of us fly in near isolation, and those that do come by, look at you like you have 3 heads !
  20. Reef Runner
    Well, that was pretty darn good !
  21. Reef Runner
    Top Secret.............Shhhhhhhhh ! (who knows? we may never know)
  22. Reef Runner
    And as for the sail cloth, the only actual sail fabric, is in the Jib and Genoa.............the Main is a carbon fiber wing, and basically, mechanical...... Us older sailors are still in awe! It's simply unbelievable, what those guys did, and unless you have raced competitively, you really can't comprehend it. They got their butts whipped 8 - 1, with a two point penalty, to boot, and they turned it around, and came back to win 8 - 11 races (8 - 9 pts). That most likely, will never be done again, in our lifetime. This was an event, that will never be equaled. Nobody comes back from an 8 - 1 deficit, with a two point penalty, and wins - unless they are good.............real good.
  23. Reef Runner
    And if we don't teach the youth of our nation, about wholesome activities, like SAILING, it will only get worse......it's a real shame!
  24. Reef Runner
    Never give up ! They said they could do it.....and.........they followed up ! I recorded the races every afternoon, and watched them after dinner. I wouldn't even turn on the news, because I didn't want to take a chance on spoiling it...... These last two or three days have been absolutely unbelievable. Should you want, you can see the races at http://www.youtube.com/user/AmericasCup
  25. Reef Runner
    Absolutely...............Wayne is right. I do the very same thing, but I use short lengths 50 lb LPG line, that I had left over from a former project. I have them on everything with loops. SLK lines, DLK lines, & QLK lines, as well as all of my kite tales, etc, that are attached via Lark's Head knots. Take down is a breeze...............
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