Well I'd been driving around with 3 wheels in the trailer since March, and that was as far as things had got. After our local regatta things moved on as far as this...



One week at the worlds - met up with Paul, Lyndon, Alan, and Enrico from this 'ere forum. Paul had actually built his packing crate with the elusive 35x35 tube as bracing in the bottom plus some 30 x 30 (any Brits struggling for this tube PM me as I have some extra I can pass on). Thanks Paul. The tube was then brought back from France in the GB team vehicle (big white van). The upshot of all this generosity and inspiration....I pulled my digit out and got building...



The crucial bit in that back axle


Then to add to the party a £4.00 ($5.94AUD) sail from EBay


All coming together but still a full mast short of a land yacht (or is that me?). One of my friends spotted I'd started building and I'd mentioned that windsurfing gear was useful. He'd taken a load of gear in exchange for an unpaid tyre fitting bill but still had it after a year taking up space in his shed. Upshot was that I helped sort through some of it and for the princely sum of £25 ($37) came away with this lot which was a very small part of what was there..... how many fins does a wind surfer need




So things are looking good. Not sure I'm going to be competing with Sabydents bodywork for this one, as the plan is build it, sail it, repair it (confidence in my welding there), strip and galvanise it (or military grade powder coat, same as the other yachts wheels), then re-do the bodywork fully in GRP. Whilst all this is going on I'm still tinkering with 'Test Bed', the old white job, and started thinking about the next one(s)

Cheers Col