SAILING Sailing with the WIPIKA wing.A few photos showing the fun you can have with the wing and almost any wierd and wonderful boat you want to try. The various sailcrafts on this page are Legaignoux's prototypes, not WIPIKA products .   A 3m rigid catamaran.       Speeding on the yellow trimaran.   This page will soon contain more informations about kayaking A lot of sea kayakers are interested in kites for longer trips, safety & for avoiding fatigue. But on such unstable boats, even with a 2m2 classic rig you can capsize and it is too cumbersome. The Wipika wing is the ideal answer: 1kg, no rigid part, no complicated bridle and no capsizing tendency. Dominique's first kayak sailing in 1993   Could you imagine an unmodified K2    at 15 knots thanks to a 5m2 wing?   By adding a removable leeboard, like on a dinghy, a kayak becomes an efficient sailing boat which can go upwind at 45° on each wind side. D&B Legaignoux going upwind at 10 knots thanks to a leeboard. The most experienced wind-kayak enthusiast that we know of is Bernard Moulin, Douarnenez, France (Tel: +33 2 98 92 16 94 or +33 2 98 92 73 07). Try contacting him if you are serious about wind-kayaking. He speaks English. You will be welcome at his kayak school.

This inflatable catamaran is obviously not as fast as a board. Main qualities: easy to learn, going upwind, stored in a bag, without rigid parts, not dangerous for bathers, cheap.       Close up of the larger yellow trimaran-foiler.        The attachment point of the lines on the kayak deck can move thanks to a simple rope & pulley system so that a rudder is not needful, a bit like on a sailboard. For safety, a leash goes from the skirt to a quick release.If you capsize,you leave the kayak, so automatically tighten the leash, open the quick release which loosens one of the two kite lines. The wing immediatly falls on the water.   UP