i was quite happy with my last mini that i whipped up over christmas, but the lack of a 5 has been really getting on my nerves lately.
last weekend i cleaned out the building area out back and dropped one of the leftover chassis from the last "team build" into the jig.. next day I woke up realizing that my name is Landyacht and my sailnumber is 3, as in the 3rd one to signup on the day the world was created...... so i have to build something new everytime, or I wouldnt deserve the name ,or number throughout the day my sketch book slowly morphed into an idea



my theory with this one is that as im using steel in place of ally I need to balance the length of the chassis elements and the length of the axles to avoid the build up of "spring " that i seem to get from an all steel OTT, particularly when used in a mini. . as usual it needs to be a yacht that can pack down quickly, and have a deep aero body to keep you clean through the air. still need room for my sliding steering AND the sawhorse sheeting. I really love these aspects of my last yacht.On the jig after an hour its looking like this

the rear of the frame meets the mast step rather high to give a stiff mount allowing a shorter mast (carbon) to be used. the mast step will be big enough to fit a full diameter carbon mast


the rear of the frame is narrow , only 320mm as opposed to my usual 420+.
this should allow slightly longer steel axles,even though the rear only has a 20 degree offset
16"x50mm front rim of course and 26"x75 hookworms,naturally.
glass and ply seat of some description