Hey thanks Blake. I rigged my 8m Cloud yesterday for the first time, and tried your suggestion of removing the pigtails and tying a knot , but upon flying the kite it was apparent right away that the front lines were too short. So I took the knots out of the bridle, put the pigtails back on the center lines, attached there at the second (shorter) knot, and attached the back lines. The kite seemed to fly pretty well in that config, with some adjustment to the trim line.
Then I went for a Crissy / GG Bridge upwind run and was totally blown off the water up by the bridge in ~30kt wind. There's something about the sound of a depowered sail fluttering in high wind that incites fear. I had to depower the kite so much that it wasn't turning very well. I rode back downwind to the beach and put up a 6m OR Razor, which was much better suited to the wind strength.
Blake wrote:Rowboat
I use my CLOUDS with my OR bars as well. First thing, remove the rearline pigtail from the OR lines and stash them away. Then on the front attachment point on the kite bridle(sliders) just tie a knot in the pigtail and attach your front lines there. Then double check your lines like BWD mentioned. Your kite should fly fine in this configuration.