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Good idea, unfortunately I can't edit my post now. I haven't weighed mine, but I believe they're about 50kg. The class V specs dictate they have to be over 50kg fully rigged.

No the swift is yet to be released onto the market. Dave Webster (owner of Phoenix Landyachting) is the designer and builder. He informs me the first few are already destined to go overseas. See his website for more info.

iand: Thankyou for your compliments. To be honest it wasn't a forethought, the first time we riged it the frame bellied almost to the ground when we sheeted in, so a wire (~6mm steel rod) brace was added which cleared that problem up entirely. Thanks for the loading value (750Kg), didn't have a clue what we were up against

Thanks iand, I made the post at hillsy's prompt and because while a land yacht might not be a blokart because of the one design nature of a blokart, a blokart IS a land yacht and there is no disputing that fact.

Re:- X-Sail. I do not believe one has entered the country yet except for a Chinese version owned by Barak in Mackay. Try emailing him through this site as I believe he is/was a registered user on this site.

By the way, a weekend of land sailing fun is planned for the the 23rd and 24th of this month at Yeppoon. A bunch of the guys from Mackay are travelling down and I plan to go up too. From a land sailing point of view the beach there will blow your mind. These guys like night sailing too as do I.

The council owned caravan/camping park is on the beach and the edge of the town. A great spot for us types. For names and phone no's of the Mackay Crew go to www.blokart.com.au and click to the forum and click around there. They are a great bunch of people.

If you are free to do it and have the time, you are welcome to stop off here in Bundy on the way up or back or both. We have room to accommodate yourself and up to four of your tribe. No problem. If you want to hook up, email me through this site for exchange of phone no's. Put cursor on "Members"(top of page), click "My Messages", click "Send Private Message", address to "cisco", type message and click "Send". You said you were still trying to figure out some things on the site ie photos etc so I hope that helps.

Cheers Cisco.

Real men don't have brakes, thats why we get breaks.
Ian

landyacht said...

Board: 740X200 - old skateboard
Wheels:Front: 10X3 Rear:13X6.5
Sails: 2.9-5 3.5 prefered.
Rear mudguard is an old tyre and can be used as a break.
see... google video:Jesses landboard
I have o admit that the brake thing was rather clever,I wouldnt have thought of it. My brain gets to the break bit and simply says "tradition demands that you dont stop[}:)]" then I just dont design one.
Well done guys

The break idea was as a means of preventing the boy from jamming his foot between moving tyre and a hard place. ie: the board and steel chassis.
Aas the board is short, one jams / braces his feet between the mast foot and rear mud guard, the mud guard's breaking ability was a bi-product that works well for off-road down hill skate boarding.
aga

when vics windlyer was first on the lake the speed comparison was really obvious. Wee Wee Wee could actually sail around and around the flyer in less than 10knts.when vic got some bigger sails we stayed out of his way as his mast bases strted overloading.
the great think I liked about the windflyer was that I could watch one sail,see lots of changes made to it,and it cost me nothing. Having seen all vics efforts , I can think of no good reason to build one. Sorry Vic ,your efforts and work on the yacht were fantastic,but Im sure you'd agree the 5 would be better value for money and effort.

hoping someone with a club 88 will post a photo in the register please
Ian

BUT which ones are the "Club 88" ? as there are several different yachts in the photo section.......

bazl said...

All except the blowies and the "mesh" 2 seater

the one with the green sail looks like a Fed 5 to me may be i am wrong

Hi Ian
It is comparable with the class5 and promo, what I have found is that the club88 can sail in lighter wind conditions than my yacht. In medum conditions it goes well.
My yacht is a little heaver (68kg) than the club88. This could be the reasion.
I am building a new class 5 to get the weight down.
AUS230 was coppied from the New Zealand class5 with their help. The seat is my own designe built from wood (strip built) I think most of the extra weight is from this area.
Cheers
Vic

my landyacht [}:)]

Gday Landyacht. Whats the chassis of 'Ankle Biter' made from, drill tube or gal fencepost material?

Far out Vic, your new AUS230 looks fantastic, you must be pleased with the result. Have you given it a test run yet?