Your mention of a “kite” reminded me of this:
<https://www.yachtingworld.com/extraordinary-boats/armorkite-650-kite-surfing-yacht-sailing-126194>
It wouldn’t be blanketed by your main sail and it wouldn’t exert any additional stress on your mast…
Brian
A mechanic servicing my engine remarked that he always liked working on Nonsuches because the owners kept their boats fresh and free from mould down below. My reply was it was not so much the diligence of the owners but the design itself. The single sail and its lines are never stored below during the sailing season so there is less damp brought below. Ordinary yachts have to store their flying sails and lines etc. below. They seldom have the inclination or time to thoroughly dry them out before stowing them below decks. I have never had the desire to fly a spinnaker from Mascouche. She can overtake boats flying a spinnaker while sailing single handed. Nonsuches have plenty of storage space for essential items because they do not have to make room for a wardrobe of costly and often fragile sails and sheets to fly them.
Don’t buy a Nonsuch, if you love to fly a spinnaker.
John Newell
Mascouche 26C #1
Toronto