| Kite | |
| Line Drawing: | File:KiteOutLine.jpg |
| Designer: | Carter Pyle |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Builder: | Newport Boats Mobjack Manufacturing Corp. |
| Role: | One-design racer |
| Draft: | 3feet with daggerboard down |
| Displacement: | 1650NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 11.58feet |
| Lwl: | 10.92feet |
| Beam: | 5feet |
| Keel Type: | daggerboard |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | cat rig |
| Sailplan: | catboat |
| Sailarea Main: | 78square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 78square feet |
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]
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]
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 1650NaN0.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 3feet with the centerboard extended and 5inches 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 4.43kn.[3]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Kite Class, but it is now inactive.[6]