Here are a few pics of the new boat ready for testing at the local car park. I will use the sail, mast and boom from my other boat for testing. Haven't thought of a color yet, I think black might out for this one. Sorry AUS230....
I'd Rock that ship.....I forgot where you live? I am north California! Great job!
I like that little yacht. Just watch that your feet stay on the steering bar. I must have a black heart I can not get past black it on anything I make
Harleyd, I'm in longview Wa, 45 miles north of portland Or. on the columbia river.
That a frame is going to move ,and strain against your pins/bolts
that whole set will flo around. It needs to be solidly braced
sorry. the result will be aluminium welds starting to crack as they go brittle from work hardening
Landyacht, my first one I built with the same basic design has held up for more than 2 1/2 years or about 2,000 miles. 5 trips to ivanpah drylake, 15 beach trips and I don't know how many
trips to the local car park, plus 1 head on collision. Thank god no one was hurt, just a few bruises and a little road rash. What part of the design do you think is weak. The one thing I changed
was the front part where the mast post connects and the steering post out front. I'm up for any suggestions. The frame is 6061 aircraft aluminum preheated and tig welded for less metal
flex during welding. Your thoughts on the subject.
sorry, I should have been clearer in my post
where the top of the A frame is held by the clevis? pins
Landyacht; That's the way my first one was built. There is some movement as time goes by but so far no
weld crack or breakage. My freind that welds for me seems to know his stuff. When his old tig welder gave
up the ship, he went and purchased a new one so he could finish my frame for testing. He has a side line
biz. repairing boat props for the local fisherman and the stupid water sports people who keep hitting dead
heads in the lakes around here. Almost everyone around here use him to weld as he does good work for
a fair price. If it's made of metal, he can weld it!! Thanks for your input on the yacht, I will keep you updated
as testing starts, might be awhile as I have to work over the holiday week-end.
nice job! I was wondering what geometry was used for the steering? (where does the king pin point at ?)
What beaches do you sail?
US772; the front steer ends up at roughly 45 deg. with the flat ground when assembled. The front tube ends up 15 deg. from
flat ground during the build so I try to keep the steer tube at 30 deg. Do most of our sailing at sunset beach just off hwy 101
on the oregon coast. It's not allowed on washington beach because at low tide the beaches become state hwy 1 thus you
can't operate a landsailer on a state hwy. Sunset is just north of seaside oregon about 10 miles, no sailing during clam tides.
They have a big kite buggy get together in september I think. Been a while since we've been there.
Hi windcrazy, that yacht looks brilliant!I've built one (very rough) out of scaffold pipe which is probably too heavy to be practical. A chap we use at work for welding has a load of ally tube and I'm seriously considering asking him to knock something up for m, he's a very good welder and is used by our local airport (also works on spitfires and historic aircraft). I don't suppose you have any plans for your yacht you wouldn't mind sharing?Sorry if this is inappropriate to ask, but I love your design!
If someone is going to build a yacht please keep it within the class rules.... The 'International 5.6m class' are easy to work with.
It's just for messing around on the beach with I don't think building it to a class specification is relevant for me, my effort so far is just built from off cut's in my workshop and not built to any plans.....probably why it's so heavy :-(
jskdog; I have no set of plans. It's a combo of 2 yachts that I have purchased and some changes I made to
suit myself. I build them for my personal use only and when freinds come sailing. It would be kind of hard to
explain my building jig as it changes from yacht to yachts. They have a set of plans on this forum that you
can use for a mini yacht.
