Hi all after spending hours reading many of the fabulous topics on this great forum I've decided to join.so I thought I'd tell you about myself and why I've joined.In 2011 my family decided to to have a sea change but a proper one. we bought a 10.5m sailing catameran and I was enrolled in distance education.
On our trip I saw and learnt many things but one that stuck with me was a yacht that had a blokart on board. The the owner used to take ot to pancake creek (50 nautical miles or so north of bundaberg ).so since then I decided I'd like to build one for myself.
So once home(Bundaberg)in late 2013 I started learning some basic grinding welding skills from my farther making some small projects along the way and in mid 2014 started to build a land yacht. I have now finished and have done a lot of tweeking but I seem to have a bearing problem.after going for a sail I take the wheels off the yacht to transport it and find the centre of the bearing pushed out and the inside wall of the bearing bent. I wouldn't mind fixing this each time if the bearings weren't so expensive( $20 for a couple of hours sailing is quite pricey when your 15).one thing I've noticed is I don't have any negative camber like most yachts do on the rear wheels and didn't want to hack into my frame without being sure that that is my problem.
All comments would be greatly appreciated
Jack
P.S. sorry if I've made any mistakes I'm writing on a mobile until I acquire a laptop