WDD9787 Kite is a Valiant 42, designed by Bob Perry and built in Gordonville, Texas. Her home port is Portland, Maine, USA. Jack and Zdenka Griswold took delivery of Kite in Rhode Island in 2007 and have since cruised extensively along the U.S. East Coast, and in Canada and the Bahamas. From 2009 to 2016, they completed a double-handed westabout circumnavigation on Kite.