i dont bother with brakes on lefroy or a beach, and at walyungup the brake goes on the rear wheels, so no I dont have a brake , but wouldnt sail without a seatbelt,although when testing my 5 a few years ago i sailed without a seatbelt to get the fear over with
todays progress. charlotte and I poured the lead keel for the schooner, then mixed a batch of conglue(epoxy) and glued the deck on . Its all to sticky to get out the camera so I'll take a pic tomorrow. her little boat looks like having 4kg of lead to keep her upright. should now be able to carry topsails and flying jib. about 1m of sail.
i think I might be getting distracted 
on the mini front , I got 3 coats of high build undercoat and got it rubbed back ready for tomorrows mystery colour
. and also undercoated a special mystery accessory
no photos now to keep the mystery
sorry Ive been a bit quiet last week, sometimes you have to do other stuff too
should get the rest of the stickers for the yacht back tomorrow and you'll get a peek of the new seat . this week i hope to getthe minor alterations to the chassis done and back on track.
yesterday i got to spend time with a sailmaker who is interested in whats happening with our mini developments. I came away with as many answers as new questions
also came away with a roll of polyflex marked with the panels for my next generationof 4m mini racing sail
so whats the rest of the planet up to
Paul,
If those panels were marked out on a Computer with CAD they should be precise. My bloke uses this system to cut out his sails or mark depending. Mind you some of the materials used today are a different kettle of fish to the Old Fleet-boat Dacron of my Hang-glider days. Great stuff,
Ron
this one should be more efficient, but will not have a reef, so I dont want to get too big. I was keeping to 4m until recently then made 1 or 2 sails which were bigger , but with big reefs. at easter at lefroy I realized I sailed most of the weekend with greeen arrow reefed, as I was too lazy to unfurl the sail. this sail will have a lot of the 4 m up high though. it was interesting describing what previous sails did to the sailmaker and getting instant responses to why
I hope its a good match
Looking good! And the sail project sounds interesting as well.
SOS reminds me of something but I can't quite catch what that something is 
thats fork no 2, now ground and polished ready to prime. I threw out the original fork and pedalsas they were not just right.
Im hoping to try this yacht out in the 4 lakes challenge one day ( hence the suspension on the front) and needed something tougher when I sail off the breakaway at red lake. final sticker arrived today, but you'll have to wait till next time to see it,
the only thing slowing the project down at this stage is work and admirers coming around to watch
The nose art was the mildest chicky babe image the printer had , and that I could get away with from promogirl.
all the other images he had couldnt have been put on seabreeze
I love the sticker idea. Looks great, and can be replaced if a section needs replacing/repairing/repainting too
there has also been a custom winking, grinning,flying pig sticker especially commisioned for this yacht
the printer used up the end of a sheetto print off some extras, so there are 8 left.
If you think you can justify becoming a custodian of one of them , tell us all why
My mini has a flying pig logo on the sail you gave me Paul so does that qualify it for a sticker as well?
you were first on the east island I suppose, and clemco upped the anti, thats 2 need a mailing address though, I always forget to write that down.
down to 3 , but you gotta have a gooooood reason
sorry there havent been any updates....work and stuff.
Ive been trying to get the green arrow into the register, but we are still waiting on music permission for the video on U tube
Clemco,
Just studying your latest pic'. You'd have to wear longuns whilst piloting it wouldn't you?? Else the tackle w'ld get tangled up int' Tackle??
Ron
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you were first on the east island I suppose, and clemco upped the anti, thats 2 need a mailing address though, I always forget to write that down.
down to 3 , but you gotta have a gooooood reason
Well whats a goooood reason ? Let me think Well its a very gooood yacht inspired
by a goooood ambassador for the sport [LY] and I think it would look goooood
afixed to the plywood seat of my first LLF mini which was accredited a diploma from the guru of the university of Amateur landyacht building the aforementioned [LY] Yeah that should do it
Home address in a PM forthcoming
stickers have been mailed ,4m sail completed, it looks awsome,BUT.........
when we sat down at the computer to design it something moved, or didnt quite match and Ive ended with a sail for a 12degree rake on a yacht with a 7 degree rake.... arghhhhhhhhh.
it may still work but I nipped into the shed last night and converted a windsurfer sail for a 4m and also a little 3m from a picasso windsurfer sail.
weather permitting there should be bukets of photos and gps readings to drool over, or we will be home, cold and wet
The wind came and the water left , we all got a sail and new PB's.
you couldnt ask for a better weekend than that. firstly i would like to that PICASSO windsurfer sails, if you still exist, you sails , when recut for landyacht sails are AWESOME. Ive lost the post from the windsurfer in safetybay that gave me the sail, but it was good enough to recut to 3m and just smoked on the lake.
next thank you has to go to member Crazy Trav.
on saturday I had a first sail and clocked some comfy mid 70's then on sunday i strapped trav in for a sail so I could get some photos. the crafty devil came back with a nice little 81kph, then back out he went for a 85.4.
that was the encouragement I needed to scoot out and smoke a mini PB, then go out again and lift that PB. Trav then went out in wedgetails wooden axle mini and landed a 87+PB, which made wedgetail go out and get a 80PB, so test pilot nipped out with his big sail for a high 80's PB.
speeds aside , the yacht was fascinating to sail.
the front suspension didnt seem to be working, but when the winds got over that magical 45kph wou could feel if working upwind, and just being stable downwind.
no tow problems with the rear wheels, the plastic spoke front wheel survived a high 80kph double 360 +spin, without breaking.
after all the fancy mast and sail making I used a cut up single windsurfer mast that was rather thick up top.the brand was a Rotho-wave, very heavy glass weave, and a 3 m recut picasso surf sail.
later I changed down to a homemade 2.5 which went faster , but was flapping and rough to sail.
. after all the fun it will be interesting to see how the yacht handles lighter winds, as the yacht weighed in at a whopping 39kg!!!!!!
exactly 13kg on each wheel
and i beat that speed by 0.67 on the next run
that leaves only one design question
Cape or no Cape
So the Y frame is not such a stupid idea after all. I can see a Y Class five coming out of your garage in the not too distant future. The wheel alignment must have been good to achieve 80kph. Nice Build. Well done!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Like we've heard it all before Paul and we believe you------------------Truly--------------- Ahem.
Ron
