Kite Sock

Hi Guys,
To save wear and tear on my kites i was wondering if it would be possible to increase the overall girth of the sock? I just thought about reducing friction in the system and was wondering about increasing size intetnally. Would it have any bad effects at all?
Thanks,
Alex

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BBSCFaithfull Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 06 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1251	Post Options Post Reply Quote BBSCFaithfull Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Kite Sock Posted: 10 Jul 07 at 12:05pm
	Hi Guys, To save wear and tear on my kites i was wondering if it would be possible to increase the overall girth of the sock? I just thought about reducing friction in the system and was wondering about increasing size intetnally. Would it have any bad effects at all? Thanks, Alex Edited by BBSCFaithfull
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Smight at BBSC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 09 Jan 07 Location: Great Britain Online Status: Offline Posts: 1129	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smight at BBSC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 07 at 1:08pm
	Definatly needs something to get rid of the friction. You have to have arms of steal to get the kite up and down.
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Villan Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1768	Post Options Post Reply Quote Villan Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 07 at 1:17pm
	Is the mouth of the chute big enough? Get a bottle of McLube and attack the inside of the chute with it ... Might make a difference
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timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 07 at 1:33pm
	You're probably just as well off going through all your kite system and lubing the blocks and also looking to make sure that all the blocks run freely when under tension. If you have a one string system like ours then there are a lot of blocks running through the boat and just having one bad one will make a huge difference. You might even have to alter the location of some of the blocks to make them run smoother but it will be worth it!

BBSCFaithfull Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 06 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1251	Post Options Post Reply Quote BBSCFaithfull Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 07 at 2:11pm
	Cheers guys will do that! And george i have no probs must be u
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Isis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 01 Sep 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2753	Post Options Post Reply Quote Isis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 07 at 3:11pm
	If you have no probs then why bother changing it? Ive been thinking about kite socks quite a bit recently and the only disadvantage I can see to having a masuuuve kite sock is taking up more room in the cockpit. Im going with a bit of a different solution to kite storage... Il post some pics If I get time to finish it before the nationals

Ian29937 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 25 May 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 409	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian29937 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 07 at 7:18pm
	One other thing you could do is try using Holmenkol Seal'n'Glide on the kite - I found it makes a big difference. You can also use the remainder on the sock which lasts a lot longer than Mclube. Ian