What would people regard as the ideal circuit for landsailing? maybe a salt lake with corner markers exactly 1km apart in a square shape. (so it could be sailed in any direction and diagionals.) or something like blokart heaven in NZ.
And what would be the Ideal markers be...orange cones, piles of tyres, flags etc?

I can only add to the corner markers bit...... thinking that landyachting,
needs exposure. I could only move that these highly visible markers,
need to be self locating , as the wind changes and possibly should be the wives and girlfriends of the participating muktitude Or a giant
bottle-oh-rum with tap an panicking attached. A GPS point would be
interesting, sorta like that compass running thingo the masochists practice.
" cunning carrearing" , take your swag and water bottle

I am thinking 1040 acres (4.2 sq km), ocean front would be nice, laser levelled then covered with hot mix bitumen. At appropriate positions the hot mix is punctured by galvanised or stainless pieces of tube for the placement of turn markers to allow for a variety of courses to suit varying wind directions.

A couple of hundred acres could be cracker dust for the skid freaks.

One boundary of the property would front a major tourist thoroughfare and an adjacent boundary to that one would front the beach access road. On one of those boundaries would be located the car park, licenced club house and bistro, shaded pit area, fully equipped workshop with lathe, drill press, welders etc and of course the Hire and Tyre Shop.

The property would be owned by a body corporate whose membership would consist of millionaires whose main interest is in having tax writeoffs.

The body corporate would of course grant me exclusive and unaccountable management and marketing rights to the whole complex.

I think it would be a perfect course, so the only question is location. There is a bit of waste land between Bangalee and Rydges Capricorn Resort near Yeppoon that would fit the bill.

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kiwi307 said...

The best I have ever sailed was a W on it's side. (Boy is this going to take some explaining?)

They had a similar course one day at safety bay. Yachts going every where, but the right way. they had to tak the pilots around the course in a ute!!, and still they got it wrong!

Hmm, maybe this says something about the mental powers of landyachters, or a failure of organisers to draw it! When I was sailing this(and it's not uncommon on water) there were no issues at all!

lol I remember that mark!! a 270 degree turn???

somedays a nice stretch of smmoooooooth clay is just the nicest thing ever.
I wasnt game to try sailing this with a 4m sail, 2.5 was all I was game for
when its like this the traction is awesome, if you turn hard at a mark , you get a full 3 wheel drift, with tyre squeal and burnt rubber smell
you can even see the groove marks from your tyres, and shoeprints clearly