Can anyone identify our new land yacht addition

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mulgachook
mulgachook
NSW
38 posts
NSW, 38 posts
24 Jun 2026 10:02pm
This was advertised in our area recently as a class 5. Much larger than that and looks space age so I had no choice but to buy it. At a guess about 3 m wide, square timber stub axles that fit into an aluminium frame fibre glassed into the body. Wheels are 4 ply wide wheelbarrow 16.5 - 8. Front steering casting has broken where it enters the chassis. mast is approx 100mm round section with 3 guys, it has a ball end that sits in a curved hole on the body. A weathered sticker on the front shows Newcastle Boat Mart and a round sticker on the rear seems to show a galleon style of ship. I'm guessing from the East Coast in the 1980's.



beachball57
beachball57
SA
546 posts
SA, 546 posts
3 Jul 2026 8:30pm
Contact me via messenger i have one the same
Gizmo
Gizmo
SA
2867 posts
SA, 2867 posts
7 Aug 2026 4:51pm
That there is a 'SABRE' class yacht....
mulgachook
mulgachook
NSW
38 posts
NSW, 38 posts
17 Aug 2026 12:35am
Thanks for the confirmation Gizmo. I found the old post on this model and my one appears to be a third known orange one. It spent 15 years in a shed near Narromine prior to to me getting it recently. It came from the east coast before then according to previous owner.
Gizmo
Gizmo
SA
2867 posts
SA, 2867 posts
26 Aug 2026 1:27pm
There was in Adelaide anyway an Orange / Blue one that got HIGHLY modified with a wing mast, wrap around windscreen, Roll cage, Fibreglass rear axles and a suspension front end (from a Vespa scooter)
This yacht was owned by Martin Bell and probably pushed the technology of the Sabre class to the maximum .

There was a RED / White Sabre that was kept in very much 'standard' that was owned by Rodney Dunning that was used on the beaches of Moonta SA (a small seaside town about 2 hrs north of Adelaide).
beachball57
beachball57
SA
546 posts
SA, 546 posts
6 Sep 2026 9:27pm
I've got an orange and blue one, tge modified one i believe is now living in Balaklava
beachball57
beachball57
SA
546 posts
SA, 546 posts
6 Sep 2026 9:27pm
Gizmo said..
There was in Adelaide anyway an Orange / Blue one that got HIGHLY modified with a wing mast, wrap around windscreen, Roll cage, Fibreglass rear axles and a suspension front end (from a Vespa scooter)
This yacht was owned by Martin Bell and probably pushed the technology of the Sabre class to the maximum .

There was a RED / White Sabre that was kept in very much 'standard' that was owned by Rodney Dunning that was used on the beaches of Moonta SA (a small seaside town about 2 hrs north of Adelaide).



I've got an orange and blue one, tge modified one i believe is now living in Balaklava
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