Hey, I am Robert from Holland and this is my new build mini Landyacht. Still view things to, but it looks okay to my

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aus230 said..
welcome to our site. You should have fun with that, look out it can become addictive.

Hi, Welcome good work!

AgentMulder said..
Thanx !

There is still some work to do, I'm not happy how the mast is mounted, maybe with steel lines secure.
Some finishing and think of something for the soil.
Tomorrow I am free and I am going to continue to work on my mini Land Yacht. More pictures will follow!

Take it for a spin. Literally let it spin out as that will test everything under most stresses involved with landsailing. Wheels,welds bolts. Also dont forget to use a seat belt and helmet

Hi It looks to me from what I can see in the pics that you have a lot of lead in the steering
If so that is not good the yacht will want to steer up wind and you will be fighting it
The line of the steering pivot should hit the ground directly under the front axle or close to it in a land yacht
because of the side force
cheers Hiko

Thanks for your reply 's, the front wheel is not yet on the right position and I can still move it. .
The steel wires come from a Cat Prindle 16, so to me there are strong enough, the mast is there just more stable than with the side-arms, but during the first test I can look what's best.

Excuse, my English is not so good, but doing my best ....

I don't understand the problem, at the Class 3 the mast also attached with 3 lines ...

AgentMulder said..

I don't understand the problem, at the Class 3 the mast also attached with 3 lines ...

Wires holding up the mast on a small yacht may be a possible safety problem.... Think cheese cutter!!!
Class 3 yachts are very large and the stay wires hold up the mast are a long way from the pilot.

Just a question why did you set out to design landyacht rather than using existing plans (some of them FREE) The plans on Seabreeze for the LLMini is a blend of probably more than 100 yachts of trial and errors?

While innovation is a good thing, it's better to start from a known point rather than reinventing the wheel (so to speak).

3 Years ago I started building my Land Yacht. I did't knew your site yet, but I spend hours on internet, but he originated in the workshop and used the materials that I had around.
My Land Yacht had to be fitt in my car and not too heavy. He is therefore also almost completely made from aluminum, only the rear axle and the front forks are made of steel.
The windsurfing sails work pretty well, but I want to finish the kart first and then restyle the sails.
On my vacation in La Franqui in France had a lot of fun but there are a number of things had to change. The rear axle was too wide and he wasn't stiff enough and too heavy.
The project has then suspended for a while, but now we go again to La Franqui and a reason to rebuild my Land Yacht.
Still here and few pictures of the first version.
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Hmmm, I had a stupid mistake, the seat was too far forward. Today back to the workshop and equal another race seat in the right place. Steeringbar also moved, now it looks more like it. Now it's time for the finishing touch and the paintjob.

Measurements are:

wheel base 2.50m.
beam rear axle 1.90m.
weight: ca. 40kilo compl.


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AgentMulder said..

A really nice looking yacht there.

Looking at the shadow on the paving bricks the front end is lower anyway. So I would cut the two forward tubes forming the wheel yoke and sever the smaller diagonal top bracing till you have it set correctly (just slicing in from the top of each larger tube so it all remains intact at the very bottom, with the only a 7/8 depth of tube cut, through the original weld point) and lift the chassis, bending the tubes down as a pair till the correct trail position is reached.

See "landyacht's" drawing below for trail information.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Land-Yacht-Sailing/Construction/Build-a-Landyacht-Lake-Lefroy-Mini-Yacht/

Today, the workshop in order to adjust the fork.
Then it's time for the first low wind test session. Unfortunately, too little time to hit the beach, so an empty parking place went well.
It went very very well and I'm happy with my Land Yacht !
Now get some little things done and then on my way to France for my holiydays .



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That looks great.
Enjoy.

looks immensely better!

Summer Holydays in La Franqui.

I had a Great holiday and my Landyacht went great!
He was pretty neutral and not too nervous, speed was okay but I need more wind than others, but as the wind went stronger, it was okay.
I was very lucky because I bought a beautiful sail from Seagull who give the power that I need.
Now turned out to be the mast not stiff enough, so I still need to find the right mast.
There are still a few modifications needed, mast, boom, steeringbar, but I am very happy!

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