I just found some old articles I wrote for a Kite Magazine, online in cyberspace, and am going to try to move them over here. Haven't figured out how to transfer the pictures yet... so here are the links.
https://www.kitelife.com/magazine/issue24/notes_from_a_broad/content.php
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/01-08/kite-tails-from-a-broad.html
http://www.sailing-diving-guatemala.com/VancouverSun.htm
