Structure for accommodating a pod for a traction kite and method for the take-off and landing of a such a pod

A mounting structure (3) for a pod (7) of a kite (1) connected by an umbilical (5) to a ship, the mounting structure (3) comprising:

• frame (3a) defining a horizontal plane (H),
• at least one pulley (3b) for connecting the umbilical (5), the connecting pulley (3b) being installed on a chassis (3d),
• a follower arm (3c), and
• a support (4) of the pod (7),
• at least two stacked plates, a so-called lower plate (4a) below an upper plate (4b), the upper plate (4b) receiving the pod (7),
• at least one elastic and deformable return for joining together the plates (4a, 4b), and
• at least one guiding and catching the umbilical (5),
• wherein the support (4) is connected to the frame (3a) by at least one erector arm (6) fixed to the lower plate (4a) and mobile relative to the frame (3a) between a position (P1) for storing the pod (7), a position (P2) for the pod (7) to take off, a cruising position (P3) at a distance from the umbilical (5), a position (P4) for catching the umbilical (5), and a position (P5) for landing the pod (7).