Kite (sailboat)

Short description: Sailboat class

Kite

Development
Designer| Carter Pyle
Location| United States
Year| 1965
Builder(s)| Newport Boats
Mobjack Manufacturing Corp.
Role| One-design racer
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 area| 78.00 sq ft (7.246 m2)
Total sail area| 78.00 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]

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Design
* 3 Operational history
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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

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

* List of sailing boat types

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Kite sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/kite.
2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Carter Pyle". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/pyle-carter.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Kite". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/kite.
4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ln-23-lockley-newport.
5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Mobjack Manufacturing Corp.". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/mobjack-manufacturing-corp.
6. ↑ "Kite Plans". Boating magazine. July–December 1966. https://books.google.com/books?id=6Rpr4kuBGbgC&q=Kite+sailboat&pg=PP16.

## External links

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