After managing to avoid any real landyacht building for almost a year, I've finally fallen off the wagon and returned to my old self destructive ways I had a look at what is being builtand here were the results Yframes-steel been there twice ski axle-been done yframe skis-been done big wedge bodies-done wooden axles-done so I decided to go the next step in the arms race. The OTT first problem -not enough room to fit my ageing body underneath unless it has big wheels, but Im intent on sticking to those lovely fallshaws at the back. Problem 2 after sailing down the beach at Goolwa , I saw the need to go up to a bigger diameteraxle which could sail over the rough stuff without bending. so i decided to go with the 50mm BQ core tubing that Ive used on my class 5. this means that i will need longer axles to get some flex, so if the axles went all the way to the mast i might just have th room to get my legs under. initially I did full scale drwaings on the shed floor to get my angles but soon found that that didnt work so well . on attempt no 2 I have built a steel mock frame with the axle stubsand front collar fro the steering , and the mast step welded into place the worked backwards to build the chassis. it goes something like this The axles go into place the rear layover/alignment get set the axle mounts go into place add front suspension unit, seat mount and some simple bracing Voila!! 3.5kg of the smallest chassis Ive ever built. every angle an odd one. This baby will either be brilliant or a complete dog to get it out of the frame I had to cut off the excess mast pipe, and one of the rear wheel supports, but they can be welded back on if someone is building one for themselves side axles are 3kg each and the front suspension arm will come in at 1.5kg, so despite the heavy steel in the frame the weight is looking Happy

Think I will stay away from this one for this year, going to concentrate on a new class5. Finally sourced some T6 scaff tube. Will pick it up this week and restart the project.

ground, polished,and undercoated. ready to build a seat/fuselage would have got more done if not for our 5th day of rain in a row!!! we usually get 5 a year. what a waste of a long weekend. how do you guys manage in snow/rainy,col places

That is a strange looking beast, (20" wheels would have looked nice) I will have to go with the scaff tube as it is the only one is the size required that I could source. Diameter mm 48.40 Wall Thickness mm 4.47 Alloy 6061 Temp T6 I have also have some high tensile thin wall tube that can fit inside the scaff tube if it needs extra stiffening. I will post pics in the class5 section when I get started again. Cheers Vic

Really feel sorry for you about your bad weather. It has been raining and even had some snow for the last month. This is supposed to be summer, it has not got over 20 yet. Bring on global warming. I guess that is why we work in the garage a lot. And no, the lousy weather does not make you tougher, just depressed.

TP1, 'ave a Bitch why don'tcha, Go 'ave a feed of Baked Beans n Cabbage, that should sort you out!! Ron

Nicrum, Please consider other readers of this forum, if you want to ramble do it on your own thread. Its almost come to a point where I have lost interest in reading / imputing to some of the discussions. Vic

Bonjour, That's right you are read all over the world... I'm french and like very much this construction section. This Ott is a very good idea but always trying to avoid lateral bars, because sitting and stand up often.Will have you enough room between the axles ? Good wind to everybody.

bonjour frogy. welcome to seabreeze do you build your own yachts or just buy them ? If I put up pictures of the new yacht , will i arrive in France for the world champs to find that every french mini yacht there is an OTT supermini please promise youll keep it secret after measuring everything and building a full scale mock up I SHOULD fit in the yacht by having almost no laterals. If not there is a queue of teenage daughters wanting to lay claim to "their " new yacht oh well here the next 2 days worth of effort. always remeber to clamp the base and the shaping frames otherwise you will need more sawhorses to put the sawhorses on when you do the internal fibreglasssing. you can never have enough clamps i went into a discount hardware shop and asked how much they were by the box Ive used half the box , but therest of the box has got lost in the shed of course there is no such thing as too many cable ties either the inside of the nose is glassed in the usual manner, special thank you to the sun gods for this opportunity this afternoon finally always make sure the cable ties all go the same way , which should make it easier to get a good finish weve got a busy weekend of work happening so progress may be a tad slow. I am being rather careful to get a reeeeealy nice finish on this yacht . our North American associates have created some true masterpieces of late, and the quality finish bar has really been raised you must be so proud Gizmo

Bonjour, Met you Paul,and your family in Argentina. Producing around 80 yachts a year alone with my brother... Just coming back from french nationals, our team won in promosport !!! Mini yacht races canceled because not enough pilots.

Geez I would have to velcro the top on, to get in and out. Looks great. Gunmetal grey will go faster as well!!!!

Paul, it would seem that you are getting quite familiar with your eventual demise I am going to have to Build a Seat Capsule like a Burning Aberlour Bottle.. You don't got a lot of room to move in there do you? Ron

Could have the makings of a nice class5 plug there Paul. Just add the bullet nose.

2 days of sanding and grinding, bogging and sanding. it gets a bit frustrating , so the little schooner has been getting plenty of attention.. because its small we can get little bits done before school. I recall that used to be the principle of the LLM

sanding,sanding,sanding. finally happy with the bogging, but before I start painting I decided to refit the seat. just a couple of little spots to file in the holes Ive been stressing about fitting and today when it was all together I relized there is buckets of room, its a party yacht it all feels a bit boxy now its together Ive got a great paint colour for the body, but you'll have to wait. strangely, today I found myself doing detailed drawings for a friend for a new Y frame mini

Hey! Paul Have you fitted brakes on it???? You know! To Stop you're Coughin'!! Jees! I Slay Me.. Ron