Roebuck

Roebuck is a tall ship kite with 4, 3 or 2 sails and optional 'Skull-n-Bones' decoration.

The Roebuck is a late development of the viking ship kite Sverker created in 1996. It uses the same technique with bowtie sails that give in-sail dihedrals and a semi 3D bow that works as a wind sock. The development consists simply of adding more sails.

The name Roebuck is derived from the name of the ship that was used by the Englishman William Dampier (“Buccaneer, Explorer, Hydrographer and sometime captain of the ship ROEBUCK in the Royal Navy of King William the Third”) when he pirated the seas in South East Asia and Oceania.

All tall ships have a lot of tackles and ropes. The corresponding for the Roebuck kite is the bridle system, and to tune the bridle system to find the correct angle of attack, get all bridle parts equally taut and the spine of the kite straight can be somewhat tedious.

PDF - Roebuck building description

Zip - Roebuck templates

Explanation of the different files in the zip can be found in the PDF building description.

Andreas Ågren