Got bored today, so I figured I'd post a few pics of the new beast. Still working on the seat but here's what is finished so far.






I used the basic design of the front end from one of landyacht's rigs. Steeting is adjustable for height and length. Decided to use the straight axle/removable ends like the LLM for simplicity. The mast base is from the Pacific Magic plans. So far, it seems like it's going ok, but the seat may or may not look like my previous beer 5 seat post.

The next rig will have big wheels and a 'y' axle.....

Cheers, john

Hi all
Here is the drawing of my L/Y with the swept forward axles. The drawing is to scale, sorry about all the empty space, I dont know how to remove it (yet). The yacht has a wheel base of 2400mm and the overal width across the wheels is 1600mm. The axles are 800mm in length and the line shown near the junction of the axle to spine is where the axle will join to the main chassis, ie. the point of attachment. The axles are connected to the spine by a single internal bolt assembly specificly designed for the job. The fairing behind the seat can be deleted or left in place. If deleted, the body would end at the backrest. The swept forward axles certainly provide lots of suport for the body/seat section. The extra support for the seat/body will allow a lighter unit to be made. The shape of the body is perfect to reproduce as a fiberglass form, fully shaped with compound curves for strength, lightness and streamlining. With a few more hours of work, I could add leaf spring suspension. I would prefer torsion bars but they are lots more work. Your comments are invited and appreciated.

Kody

may be the sport needs small yachts to get the young ones into clubs because of cost .i know about blowkarts but some parents just cannot pay the price they are asking for them,so a simple and cheap to build cl 6 might be what is needed. hey we all have to start some where, food for thought