But it's about where you put the weight.
The skiff in the picture I built has a minimum weight of 50kg also. But it is beneficial to have much lighter boats and bring the hull up to weight. Centralizing the weight is the most favored option, but some boats ( i14's ) have used movable ballast systems.
Obviously Class 5 landyachts are a very different beasts to skiffs but the same principal applies. Center of Lateral Resistance, Center of Effort, Center of Balance etc, etc... A lighter than minimum yacht allows you to put the weight in the best place.
I think it stemed from my dislike for textesque language (eg: lol, wtf, pita, etc). 
Lachy,
It is a thing about listening to the way people speak and pronounce words. It seems to me Australians say "Stuff the rules of language and pronounce names and words they way they are happy with them. Does anyone stop and think of what the other bloke hears. There are a few that have taken a pot shot at me for stuff I say that may offend the Foreign ear. OK! So-be-it but Do not be too quick to Judge me for I have heard Emigrants ask where to find "The BUKED Bins, Please" (Note Please) Buggered Bins??? What the hell is he talking about?? Oh! Baked Beans.. What has he heard from us?? Quite often Good Stuff comes across as Get Stuffed. Good on you = Goodonya (Russian?) I like to push that right back at people..
Just a bad habit which I have developed and tends to offend the Patriot.. Get over it. I lost patriotism 6 months after I joined the Army and learned about the most dangerous clowns, I found that they were not the so called enemy.. I also found that the so called enemy was doing exactly the same thing I was doing. As he was told.
Ron
"Life is too short to be taken seriously and too large a Joke to not be laughed at"
Forgive me Ron if I've offended, I was just having a little joke (at your expense 
) to add a bit of colour to the discussion. I too agree with what you have said.
Better get back to the topic....waiting, waiting, waiting for more info/pictures
OK! So no offense taken, just explaining myself.. Looking at the quality of ADl's workmanship I would be happy to classify him as Anal Retentive along with our Northern Brothers
I just though he might get offended over the term and so I offered to buy his Seat Capsule. Nice Job ADl.
Ron
PS; I have a thing for CF and think it would be a pity to see this unit painted over.
hope to have cf5 finished by next weekend. got frame back from being galved.
No i wont be painting, i like cf to. and the only offense i take is when someone
beats me in a landyacht. hope to have more pics after weekend.
the next seat will be made with my mate how makes windsurf boards. (carbon art).
yes he wants to made one the same way windsurf boards are made. weight will have to added to that one after finished. wheels will be made the same way.
www.carbonartwindsurf.com 
There was a damaged carbon art windsurf board at balcatta salvage last weekend, just needed a nose repair, but the old biddy wants $10 for everything now , no matter how damaged
all finished. had out in the weekend. all went well nothing broken.
73 km/r top speed. it feels like it wants to go faster. i'll try and get
a betta photo. (this is the best yacht i have ever sailed).
bring on the next low tide. (and wind).
Thank you ADL, She is a Bloody Bottler you have excelled and I hope you can handle her at a 100k plus, 'cos she looks like she can fly.
Ron
More Pic's, in action
is it me or is the mast to short/sail too long in the luff?
youve got no room to tension anything
yes the mast is to short. i need to make about 100 mm longer.
sail is a windward sail so shouldnt be to short. same sail as clem.
my sail is the same (windward) I just add a extension to the top to get the right length (I have 2 sails that vary in length, the R@J is slightly longer so it requires an extension).
Cheers
aus230
ADlandyachts (Fer gawd sake pick a name that can be shortened)
I am really jealous. No; Really really. That is one mighty fine piece of gear and that sail looks like 1000000mph. Bloody nice machine.
Ron
I have just my sail back from having 3 more patterns added.
dont have any photos yet. have been for 1 sail and seems to even
faster. It was only 5-6 knots and top speed of 51 km/hr.
I am also making another two of these class 5's. My brother has put his
order in. He has a blowkart and does want to get back in it. after sailing
my carbon 5.
ADL, Ain't no Video. It didn't happen. Go get a Movie Cam' >> I want to see that Sweet Thang under FULL Sail in about 15 to 20 knots.
Ron.
PS; Video PLEASE
