I think I have a picture of you single handing the Taipan 4.9 on my desktop; nice jump off that wave if that is indeed you.



Welcome to this forum; personally I looking forward to your input on kites and kite setups as are several others I'm sure.



I also have some ideas I like to share. One is for getting rid of the excess of halyard when the spi is set. My first approach was a little complex but now I'm convercing to something far simpler and practical.



With combining the efforts of all on this subject and the rise of the F18 class worldwide I hope to give Taipans and F16's of all brands renewed momemtum.



Your conditions sound pretty much like mine although we have more chop here than swell so the waves maybe smaller but also steeper and break sooner.



Regards,



Wouter