Can't help you with "tacking" your chute, but
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Originally Posted by zz4gta
I don't believe a sym kite is very efficient that close to the wind anyhow.
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the fastest we ever sailed was two weeks ago in maybe 10 knots of wind. We had the spin pole just a couple of inches off the forestay and the apparent wind maybe ten degrees before the beam. The sea was nice and flat and we had no trouble keeping her on course.
Of course our speed (6.3 knots) was a large component in our apparent wind, so it might not work out so well with the true wind right on your beam.