been a long time since i used a kite but

....as long as the headsail sheet is outboard of the kicking strap and topping lift, when you take the old brace off the pole during the gybe, the headsail sheet should just fall to the deck if you had had the headsail sheet over the top of the pole?????????????????

obviously using a kite is not like riding a bike..one does forget

coldwombat said...

Yep, that's it. Always keep the headsail sheets on top or outside the pole setup.

Correct.

If cruising, or no hurry, sometimes better to just do the gybe then re-run the headsail sheets.

If racing, then you may need to keep the sheets sorted through the gybe. Best way is to think in layers - Kite is always outermost, pole, kicker & topper are inner most; and the jib & jib sheets live betwween the two.

...Not sure if that helps.......????

Poods