{"id":41,"date":"2007-06-30T23:17:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T06:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiquewhite-badger-125150.hostingersite.com\/kites\/2007\/06\/30\/another-maiden-voyage\/"},"modified":"2007-06-30T23:17:47","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T06:17:47","slug":"another-maiden-voyage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/2007\/06\/30\/another-maiden-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"Another maiden voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kites<\/a>It\u2019s been a busy week since I last posted \u2013 I\u2019ve been preparing materials in order to sue the Los Angeles County Child Support Services Department for their theft, fraud, and other vile actions. I did; however, get down to Doheny State Beach where I sat on the grass for a couple of hours in order to add the tails to my arch kite.<\/p>\n

To say that I was pleased with the results is an understatement \u2013 I was absolutely thrilled with the results! I still can\u2019t believe that I\u2019m actually making so many cool kite things \u2013 sewing has turned out to be a bit easier than I imagined and I\u2019m having a ball with it. If nothing else, it\u2019s great \"Kite<\/a>\u201ctherapy\u201d and is quite inexpensive (far, far cheaper than buying kites).\u00a0 It only took a few moments after I launched the arch (I was a bit worried as I had read that arches can turn into a tangled mess if they\u2019re not launched properly) before others started coming over to comment. One guy offered to take my picture, using my cell phone, while holding on to the end of the arch \u2013 granted, the clown in the photo kind of spoils the picture (grin) but the kites sure look great!\u00a0<\/p>\n

As I alluded above, I had no problem launching my kite arch \u2013 the picture shows the arch in its full glory. It also shows how they were constructed \u2013 each kite has one spar (the vertical one), and the horizontal \u201cspar\u201d consists of Dacron line that is sewn across the back. I used Dacron tape to make the spar pockets (note the kite near the bottom left) and surveyors\u2019 tape is attached to the bottom of each kite, using Velcro, to serve as a tail. \"Kite<\/a> The breeze was somewhat irregular; however, and the arch would go up \u2013 and come down. One of the interesting things is that the arch would self-launch when the breeze would pick up again. As a result, there where times when only a part of the arch would be aloft while, at other times, all of them would reach towards the sky and pull the line taut. As always, I had the most fun watching others enjoying the kites \u2013 seeing their reactions is almost as fun as flying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a busy week since I last posted \u2013 I\u2019ve been preparing materials in order to sue the Los Angeles County Child Support Services Department for their theft, fraud, and other vile actions. I did; however, get down to Doheny State Beach where I sat on the grass for a couple of hours in … Continue reading Another maiden voyage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[52,103],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kites","tag-kite-arch","tag-kites"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassoonman.com\/kites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}