Welcome Dan!! I think you're our first UK correspondent. We do have Jeqs who contributes some great stuff from Chile though. Let the rest of your UK landsailors know they are more than welcome here!! As things slow down here over winter it will be great to hear about your sailing season.

We're privileged to have some very experienced landsailors on here who helped start the landsailing association down here many years ago and who have raced internationally with great success. I'm sure they'd love to answer any questions you may have.

EDIT: Sorry I have just remembered we have Richard Jenkins (Windjet) on here from the UK who will be down here later this year attempting to break the windpowered land speed record.

I presume you mean the QUEBEC. I saied in Lytham in '87 and I think it would have been more fun to sit on the beach and watch Jean-Phillipe and the rest of the French sail.
In Europe the dominant yachts seem to be 1 STANDART. Im told that most of the UK cl5 pilots have gone to them or alternatively 2 the PROMO. the PROMO was introduced last year and is basically a CL 5 with restricted chassis options and wheel barrow wheels. I have one here in OZ and personally believe they may yet save FISLY from the graveyard. If wou are a really big lad or just fat I would not suggest PROMO in anything less than 25knts on abeach in Europe. the bigger pilots seem to be heading for CL 3.
the fastest PROMOS at the moment are the Seagull ones but the best of the Rest in at the WC 08 was ROBERTO SCARVI (ARG 25)in a yacht he built himself. This shows that you can beat the manufacturers hold on sailing.
There is an alterative to the FISLY thing if good sailing and close class racing is your thing. There is a little yacht called the BLOKART that is giving FISLY a run for its money. I dont think you would be dissapointed with them. PLease dont let anybody know I said this as I am regarded in some circles as the ANTI BLOKART MAN.and they may want to string me upfor even mentioning the word
anyway welcome back and see you on a beach

Mr Nice said...

landyacht, you said you sailed at lytham in '87, was that the world and european champs? if it was, I was there too, just as a spectator though, i even got a day off school to go

HI Mr Nice, you are showing your age and so are we! Yes landyacht raced and so did I (my first comp). Also on this forum and racing in Lytham is 87 was Faze 5 and his good lady. That year there was 13 ladies entered in class 5 and we raced seperately to the men. With couples sharing yachts.

Hmm..Grandfarter?

Well it is known landsailers make their own wind....
(Drat.. let out the secret.....!)

Bugger, Ive been big noting my achievements for the last 9 months now theyll find out I was midfield( I hope). Faze 5 did really well tho