Ive dug up this original post to help newcomers get an idea of why the Lake Lefroy Mini was built in the first place. We designed and built these yachts to give those club members who were not financial enough to buy a BLOKART an opportunity to have a similar yacht. Simplicity of design and construction were important as was the re-use of materials,such as windsurfer sails and masts. In order to retain the equality of racing with the blokarts we have retained the overall measurements. the length is based on wheel centres to allow for a variety of wheel diameters and the width based on overall width to stop yachts from using FAT tyres to gain more width no sail restictions were applied to allow the use of bigger sails on poorer quality surfaces,eg grass fields. It is hoped that the loose rules will encourage people to try out thier own ideas and experiment with new materials . We decided that freedom of design should be encouraged by setting only wheelbase dimensions,and minimal safety requirements. RULE 1a. MAXIMUM LENGTH (WHEEL CENTRES) 1640mm RULE 1b. MAXIMUM WIDTH(OVERALL) 1510mm RULE 2. Yacht must have an effective seat belt which must be worn correctly when sailing. THe following are recommendations only. yacht should have a brake. Designs should take into account the Australian class 6 rules if the yacht is intended to be raced in that class
The 2 designs in the following posts are 2 designs we built to give an indication of what is possible. the perfomance achieved is equivalent of a basic entry level BLOKART. and requires only simple tools and skills to accomplish
6/6/2009 Since this post was originally written there have been rule changes within the ALSA frame work . the Lake Lefroy Mini rules should now read " Designs should take into account the Australian Mini class rules if the yacht is intended to be raced in that class"
