Mobydisc said...
Why are landyacht crews such a bunch of tight arses? Why don't they go out and buy some new equipment instead of always asking/begging for old gear? Seems like the supply of old gear is drying up and some of them will have to take the lock off their wallet.
Easily explained.
There is no such thing as "off the shelf" landyacht sails, masts or booms in Australia.
The only readily available commercially built landyachts are Blokarts- a fine piece of engineering, but with a price tag of around $3000ish+ for a base model, I hardly think a School or Scout group will lash out and buy a fleet.
Besides- we are encouraging these kids to get "hands on" in building, sailing and maintaining thier landyachts- and not just buying another toy.
This is why we scrounge up all the old, knackered, damaged and unwanted gear we can.
I see no sense in forking out big amounts of cash for a pile of brand new masts- then having to modify them so they work and survive on a landyacht. Much better to collect old or broken masts and rebuild/repair them to our specifications.
Or buying a new sail- then unpicking the seams, recutting the shape then re-sewing it, better to collect an old sail- or blown out sail and reshape it.
When you first started out with windsurfing, surfing or whatever you do, did you fork out big wads of cash for the lastest brand new gear- or start with borrowed gear, someones old stuff, or cheap second hand "gumtree" bargains.
I hardly expect a newby to landyachting to fork out thousands of dollars for a Blokart or custom built landyacht- when they might find the sport doesnt suit them after all.
Its not being tight-arsed, just practical.
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having said that- I am tight-arsed due to being perpetually broke
