Thanks for that post Gizmo, reckon id like to witness that, if there were a lot of life in front of me id like to give that a go roll on a lotto win To save time i will start doing plans now CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL INVOLVED

Well done Richard!
A new legend!

hi gang,
haven't heard anything of this in the printed or vision press, so i tried to put it on Kwoff front page but stuffed up something like my password and it denied entry to me. could some of you more enlightened young whipper snappers post it in there for all the world to see like, they need to know . The world has to know that there is greater things to do than wrapping metal around stobbie poles [}:)] Dont forget all the graph thingmy's too sock it too them, "give me wind ill give you speed"

Much of the materials were supplied by sponsors. I dont think there would have been enough Carbon fire in WA to build the present yacht. At $100: per m Im guessing $100,000. do not quote me on this. keep in mind this is the 3rd yacht that has come to WA.

Richard has been responsible for all the designing and built all the molds etc then layed up everything , then did all the finishing , assembling, painting, rebuilding etc. a massive effort and always in incredibly short time frames.
The wing ,axle , and most of the body in the current yacht were layed up in The Philippines? with Richard and a couple of locals in a sponsors boatyard..
That yacht was modified by richard last winter in Busselton with some help from a mate who came over from the UK to help.
The Ecotricity sponsorship was a major boost to his campaign, but keep in mind that the sponsor spent more money sending a film crew to WA last year than the amount Richard was sponsored with!
I am just stoked that he's pulled it off after so much effort and dissapointment.
His new speed is a good healthy jump in the record , so the Iron Duck team will have to get their finger out to break it.
suppose the next frontier is to crack that Ice record .............on land

That's what I thought too

The "axle" is an aerodynamic wing to create downforce. some 400kg apparently.
it also carries mssive blocks of lead which can be added or removed.
The dynamics of a wing are different to a sail.
If you look carefully at the video at the end of Richard.s run the wing is raking forward , not back, ie pulling into the wind , accelerating and pulling the yacht , rather than pushing it.
The yacht in its previous shape as Windjet, version 3, was very interesting to follow, as the rear wheel seemed to lift when the yacht caught a gust and accelerated. Im really impressed that Richard was able to steer it, but then he wasnt held back by traditional concepts of how a landyacht should work

Is that 'rear end slide' normal when sailing a landyacht? I dont have enough experience to tell but Dad and I couldn't sail ours without it doing this last time we had it out at lake Cullens. So much energy wasted

Ok, good news. Thats your answer to everything, MORE SPEED!!