Wow Vic its addictive isnt it
Looking good Will it have a nappy seat like pauls ?
Your planned rear wheels will make great front wheels for a class 5 I think also

Hi Vic, looking good. What is the size of the steel tube you have used?
You could use that spoked 20" wheel on the front. That would really fly!

now its going to get interesting. Looks like I wont be able to be lazy when it comes to building a yacht for January. How is barrys yacht cming

I will probably have 5 or 6 spares if youve a mast and boom sorted

Finished and painted the frame . The wheels are next, have to lay up disc for wheels, and fabricate steering assembly. Trying to cut down windsurfer sail not sure how that will end up.
Cheers
AUS230



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Just about finished mini AUS230 today only some painting and the seat to go.As it stands in the pic it weighs 17kg.
Diamentions are the same as LLM just changed the frame design to suit what I wanted (y frame and larger wheels) watching landyachts mini perform I think he has it near to perfect.
Cheers
AUS230

Dang Vic , I was hoping I wouldnt have to build a new one for January. well thats out of the window now!.Sewing machine dropped out of timing tonight with just the pocket left to sew on the new 4m.
Even worse, today the lake and wind were pure Vindicator weather. Of course I was out working !

I AM NOT CRITICIZING!
I love what you are doing and yes it has taken it to a new level to quote Hiko.
BUT if you have been following Cameron's build you will see that he is having difficulty following very basic stuff, and I suspect there are many others who would look at this yacht and say "Too hard".
IF the future of the sport is in the youth (give your own answer here) are we stretching the mini too far?
Paul, think back to Bill's Hot Stuff and how far it's come.
Progress is always inevitable, but is it always positive?

If the "Baby Beast" is to be the new benchmark, then so be it. It certainly looks the part. Great stuff Vic.

I guess that, in a way, I had a bit of a misconception that the Mini was a "fun" yacht with the "serious" racer being catered for elsewhere.
Now that my peabrain sees through the fog created by too much sand and sh1* thrown in them the way is much clearer!
To quote Monty Python "Oh what a silly bunt I am"
Onwards and upwards (or down to the local tip!)

Perhaps an "A class Mini".

You blokes just love to make your lives complicated dont you
I suppose the reason I didnt put nappy rushplans on the site was that I want other , more experienced builders to start thinking for themselves.
Which they have obviously done

However, when I tested and tuned NR on lefroy, I was suprised to find that it was no faster or slower than a standard, basic mini or even ankel bijter. The results were very similar on the beach at Yepoon.
the only place where it really got up and mangled the opposition is on the slippery , gravelly and rutted surface of Safety bay.
On a similar vien , I trialled skiny 20 and 16 " wheels on the gypsum surface of Lake Gillies and they were decidedly slower there.
On a good sailing surface the faster yacht will be the one with a well cut sail matched to a good mast, sailed by somebody with their brain in thinking mode.

For our upcoming GPS speed trials we have begun to recognise material and construction differences, along similar lines to the blokarts , in the "classes" of yachts we will be considering.
I suspect time will sort out a final formula.
We still havent seen any 'V'frames or decent full body with wooden axle yachts yet to get a really good comparisons
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Now off you go to the tip Kiwi307

the big thing Ive enjoyed about these minis is trying to get all those Great ideas from the big yachts down into such a tiny package, Thats probably the biggest challenge. My first mini actually had stays and was a real pain.
Axle was also way too stiff( hint)
now im seeing great yachts from trampoline frames, and exercise machines

landyacht said...

You blokes just love to make your lives complicated dont you

On a good sailing surface the faster yacht will be the one........ sailed by somebody with their brain in thinking mode.

Well that lets me out, I am always in social (beer) mode

aus230 said...

Thanks Guys
Realy the construction of the yacht is not hard.

I may have tried to make somthing different and as cheaply as possiable. the only cost so far has been 2 Lts resin and a couple meters of glass probly around $80. the rest is from stuff salvaged from various sources.

I have no great building skills but love to learn and try new things. I do not think that this yacht is any harder to build than other designes.(probley took about 2 days in overall time), and like I said previosley it is realy a LLM with a few changes.

The wheels are real easy to build with a little care.


The area that I think I am going to have a real problem with is the sail,I think I may not have the unstanding to do this . But again I am going to give it a go and I am sure it will take a few goes to get it right

Cheers
AUS230 (mini beast)

Vic, If you find the wheels easy to build..., a little wing mast would be a breeze.
I have no experience of such things myself, but I have been passed on the beach by many.
Could be a 3 piece.