Well done Bryan it was truly courageous effort.

It was definitely the strongest winds I've ever sailed in, stronger than 2 years ago when did 108km/h

It was scary trying to chase you in my mini with a dangerously over-powered 3m sail.

You are the new record holder of 110km/h for Performance Blokart.

Other GPS speed achievements:
-Production Spec. Blokart 83km/h
-Pod sailing (no rigging) 18km/h

Lake Lefroy is one of the fastest surfaces in the world!!!

It was a ton of fun. Cant tell from the video just how fast it was. Next time we will set up a row of cones about 3 kms long to get an idea of speed.

Thanks to Ben for assisting, go pro to record it and support. Wouldn't have gone out alone to try it.

Also thanks Ben for the GENTLE nudge at about 90 kph to get going. HaHa

The wheel that broke I think was one I hit a kerb in a carpark about a month ago.

Seemed allright at the time but must have cracked it.

Wheels not balanced, bearings soso, fitted all glass mast on 1.8 m sail.

In my experience to get over the ton you just need a heap of wind.

speed conversion 110 kph =68.35mph = 59.34 knots

60 knots a nice round figure at 60 years of age!

Onya Bryan, that's bloody honking in a blow kart

JohnHS said..
Lake Lefroy on Sat 21st May 2016.

Taking advantage of some of the smoothest salt conditions I have ever seen on the lake and the first cold front of the season with winds forecast to reach 35 knots (65kmh), Bryan Cook with the aid of Ben Ashby took the opportunity to put in some very fast speed runs.

Fastest run of the day went to Bryan Cook with a top speed of 110kmh logged by 2 GPS units and witnessed by Ben Ashby.

Lake Lefroy Land Sailing Club congratulate Bryan and Ben for some seriously fast sailing.

During one of the runs this rim shattered, guess they weren't designed for +100kph.

Top effort and congratulations.

Those blokart branded wheels are quite hard and brittle and when pumped up to 35 to 40 psi will crack the edge of the rim off with just a moderate shock. The original blokart wheels (generic brand) are a softer and more flexible plastic and will not fail like that. However when pumped up to 40 psi they tend to distort a bit.

It is a pity there was not a Lake Le Froy Mini there on the day for you to pace against.

So you have set a new record for speed with a blokart. The next challenge is will a blokart go faster against a LLF Mini??

Paul Day could not catch me at Farnborough Beach Yeppoon some years ago against my Paul Day designed and my build LLF Mini with he sailing my blokart with which he pulled off the blokart championship that year and he is a lot more skilled land yacht sailor than I.

Lake Le Froy has to be the ultimate proving ground.

1st time I've busted a rim, or even heard of one failing, I'm sure it was the same rim I slammed against a kerb in a carpark about 1 month ago.

A fitting trophy base for the fastest mini yacht / blokart on Lake Lefroy.

Ben was with me on the runs as well, pretty gutsy sailing with a 3 m sail in those conditions.

They don't'--I did

So is it still a Blokart record with that cutdown sail & the side fairings that are in the photo's?

Have a close look at the photos you can see some sorts of side fairings!
in the photo of the cart on its side, you can see them sticking out the back & the one with the guy sitting on the wheel, under his hand & the white on the other side! the pod normally follows the same line as the side bar.
not trying to take anything away from what he has done. but just asking the question.
cheers

The side panels are coreflute, real estate signs.

Have pictures of them in seebreeze in my profile. Not blokart parts like the sail, but I'm after speed. Take em off at a blokart event, put them back on as needed.

Its still a blokart and it hit 110 kph.

I have a aftermarket. sports exhaust on my Holden, still a Holden.


I'll leave to you guys to argue the details.

Lake Lefroy is made for high wind sailing, the windjet with Richard Jenkins used it for a crack at the world speed record. But for an untimely downpour he would have done it here.

beachball57 said..

crustysailor said..
what side fairings Nux? you mean the Pod?

That's a standardly available Blokart accessory.
Congratulations Bryan, and to your equally fast filmcrew!

I wish we had an accessible salt pan like that nearby.

I was thinking the same thing, is a blokart a blokart when using "non" factory issue sails and side flairings ? Just wondering.

so is a Holden a Holden if it has a subaru WRX engine fitted and with the fairings from a porsche?

i say no.

yes a landyacht it is [with a great speed record] but a blokart it is not

but i would think it may have set a new mini 5.6 class record

great effort, well done

More work will be done, more pimping to do. I will notify all when done and if it works. Next cold front.

The wheels weren't balanced, didn't check pressures, bearings were ok.

Will run a kart stock performance setup next time as well to see what difference my mods make. Keep the purists happy. Even wear my blokart tee shirt!!

happy sailing at any speed

What I've done with my blokart guys have done for the last 100 years with cars, namely, how can I make it go faster, handle better?

Kiwi Burt Munro is a great example of this thinking in getting his Indian motorbike to run 4 times faster than the original.

Still called an Indian. Only raced on beaches in NZ and salt lakes in the states.

Maybe a new class of blokart is the Pimped class, see what the karts can really do!

I know I will get my kart over 110 sometime.

Fantastic job Brian,
We'll have to dust off Vindi if you keep this up!

Don't know how you keep kart in a straight line at those speeds.

A real credit to you and Ben.

Cheers

Me and Ben are busy tweaking my blokart to get 115 kph or more out of it.

Smaller sail, 2 mast sections high, streamlining, dampened steering, balanced wheels with cover disc's, full harness to hold me in.

Still a Blokart , Just pimped. Racing the wind, no one else.