In the early spring of this year I met Gary Mark of the Toronto Kite Fliers. We quickly hit it off and were conversing about all things kite related and in particular Gary’s efforts towards the CKF. During one of our conversations we got on the subject of kite arches and that the TKF had as a club aqquired a number of pre-cut kite arch sails complete with tails and spine. I thought this was a great way to add some color to the clubs weekly fly and also help promote the club. Continue reading →

Too help add to my line laundry/ground display and after seeing a few in action; I decided to build a 4 ft spinning bol. The plans I used for the bol are from Ed Hummel.

The plans are pretty straight forward and the gores are easy to plot out given the sample drawing and plot points. I fly my bowl as laundry from my Sutton 30 or staked out as a groud display.

here are some photos.. (My friend Ian is testing it in our work parking lot)

–Bill