I simply count the number of wrap-arounds and multiply it by the length of the bar.

I ask because I was surprised my longest lines are only 23m, when I thought they were 27-30m long. My average line lengths are 18 to 20m.

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Loftywinds said..
I simply count the number of wrap-arounds and multiply it by the length of the bar.

I ask because I was surprised my longest lines are only 23m, when I thought they were 27-30m long. My average line lengths are 18 to 20m.

This maybe a little high tech.
But have you tried reading the little tab sewn to the lines that tells you the length?

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RAL INN said..
This maybe a little high tech.
But have you tried reading the little tab sewn to the lines that tells you the length?

i think this whole thing is a bit of a wind up personally

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RAL INN said..
This maybe a little high tech.
But have you tried reading the little tab sewn to the lines that tells you the length?

Nah. Doesn't have it.

@Kami - chupa mi pico hueon!

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Loftywinds said..

@Kami - chupa mi pico hueon!

That'd be hard to do. Given the amount of wank you post, your piccolo must be worn away to a nub.

hahahaha piccolo

:D

Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

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w8ingforwind said..
Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

and your no carpenter, majority tape measures tap out at 8m

can get 30m roundy wheely ones but no one ever has them

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Kozzie said...

w8ingforwind said..
Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

and your no carpenter, majority tape measures tap out at 8m

can get 30m roundy wheely ones but no one ever has them

lazer distance finder Hilti make the best.

Pythagoras

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RAL INN said..
This maybe a little high tech.
But have you tried reading the little tab sewn to the lines that tells you the length?

Sometimes i am amazed that lofty has the skills to even use a keyboard , yet a gorilla speaks fluent human . Amazing

I am no expert but I'd imagine longitudinally

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Loftywinds said..
I simply count the number of wrap-arounds and multiply it by the length of the bar.

My custom cutdown control-bar is only 12inches long ...

but I don't use it as a rule.

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Kozzie said...

w8ingforwind said..
Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

and your no carpenter, majority tape measures tap out at 8m

can get 30m roundy wheely ones but no one ever has them

Wrong you need them for your diagonal set outs
When you profile your house
Well I'm a stickler for a level square house
You need the steel tape as the fibreglass ones stretch

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cauncy said..

Kozzie said...

w8ingforwind said..
Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

and your no carpenter, majority tape measures tap out at 8m

can get 30m roundy wheely ones but no one ever has them

Wrong you need them for your diagonal set outs
When you profile your house
Well I'm a stickler for a level square house
You need the steel tape as the fibreglass ones stretch

Can i sheet one or two of your houses i can never find a carpenter who knows how to use a tape or a level !!!!!

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Kozzie said...

w8ingforwind said..
Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

and your no carpenter, majority tape measures tap out at 8m

can get 30m roundy wheely ones but no one ever has them

lazer distance finder Hilti make the best.

Sorry but Leica are the leaders in measuring and levelling equipment
But certainly costly,

I've find a credit card is a good rule of thumb

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cauncy said..

Kozzie said...

w8ingforwind said..
Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

and your no carpenter, majority tape measures tap out at 8m

can get 30m roundy wheely ones but no one ever has them

Wrong you need them for your diagonal set outs
When you profile your house
Well I'm a stickler for a level square house
You need the steel tape as the fibreglass ones stretch

Can i sheet one or two of your houses i can never find a carpenter who knows how to use a tape or a level !!!!!

I'm a master slate roofer ,sheet lead and copper worker by trade, I carnt believe Aussies injustice a house with a material that belongs on a cow shed, cheap crap IMHO,
Here's what I used to do in the uk

nice!!!! but i was talking about plasterboard, the inside is just as out of square as the outside.

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Kozzie said...

w8ingforwind said..
Tape measure??? just a thought I'm no doctor on the subject

and your no carpenter, majority tape measures tap out at 8m

can get 30m roundy wheely ones but no one ever has them

Wrong you need them for your diagonal set outs
When you profile your house
Well I'm a stickler for a level square house
You need the steel tape as the fibreglass ones stretch

cauncy your 3 4 5ing a house slab with a ****n tape hahahahaha jesus christ dude hahahaha stickler for a square house indeed hahaha god you residential tradies crack me up

ever wonder how we get stuff square when the slabs were bigger then 60m ? its not with a tape :P

as for your peculiar trade from england of bending zinc tiles or whatever why dont you join the unnecesary trade union you can team up with the french grave stone carvers and the argentinian copper pot casters and the slovakian slaters
:P i hear its a powerful union once 5 men went on strike the national economy drew to a stand still

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hargs said..
I've find a credit card is a good rule of thumb

just a public anouncement for you guys.... if you go to south america ... dont rack up a line like these as we do in australia itll ****ing kill ya over there. need to make your lines teeeny tiny

Jesus have we really run out of things to talk about in the kiting world? Lofty starts the most boring and inane question in the world and cauncy makes it even boringer by listing pictures of slate roofs......

Yep plums , pretty much sums up the wind here , unfortunately we've not had 50knts & massive barrelling waves to ride on our mutant homemade board, with an oxygen mask as were jumping to the moon on a kite,
Then afterwards going home on a mountain bike doin 60klms an hour wearing an Hawaiian shirt and body armour

Oh I've only seen you doing the body armour Hawaiian shirt gig

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cauncy said...
Yep plums , pretty much sums up the wind here , unfortunately we've not had 50knts & massive barrelling waves to ride on our mutant homemade board, with an oxygen mask as were jumping to the moon on a kite,
Then afterwards going home on a mountain bike doin 60klms an hour wearing an Hawaiian shirt and body armour

Cant even ****n surf this morning plums magic seaweed literally says FLAT sooooo

Cauncy how long does it take you to cut one of those hex tiles anyways? Do you have the little slam it down on a beam spiky sharp anvil device like ive sean on grand designs? How about that kevin mccloud ay what a guy

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cauncy said..
Yep plums , pretty much sums up the wind here , unfortunately we've not had 50knts & massive barrelling waves to ride on our mutant homemade board, with an oxygen mask as were jumping to the moon on a kite,
Then afterwards going home on a mountain bike doin 60klms an hour wearing an Hawaiian shirt and body armour

Well to be fair prior to the last week or so the week here was complete crap since feb.

To make you feel better here's my swim in after getting rinsed by said dumping waves last weekend.

Y'all need to get foils

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Plummet said..

cauncy said..
Yep plums , pretty much sums up the wind here , unfortunately we've not had 50knts & massive barrelling waves to ride on our mutant homemade board, with an oxygen mask as were jumping to the moon on a kite,
Then afterwards going home on a mountain bike doin 60klms an hour wearing an Hawaiian shirt and body armour

Well to be fair prior to the last week or so the week here was complete crap since feb.

To make you feel better here's my swim in after getting rinsed by said dumping waves last weekend.

like an ant after a butterfly

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Plummet said..
Jesus have we really run out of things to talk about in the kiting world? Lofty starts the most boring and inane question in the world and cauncy makes it even boringer by listing pictures of slate roofs......

At least my boring topics are on topic!

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/who-earns-more-than-350-a-week/
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Top-3-reasons-why-you-bought-your-kite/

In our General forum no less!

I know an easier way if you have no tape measure or tag on lines;

1. Put harness on.
2. Larks head all lines to back of harness.
3. Put chicken loop over post at beach.
4. Run as fast as you can away from post counting your steps as you go. Your steps will roughly be 1m so if you can remember the number you counted to later you will know the length of your lines. (It's far more accurate if you're running fast, so be sure to run as fast as possible).

No need to thank me.