Kyle' s LL mini

Welcome to the forum Bob. Excellent first build. She is a real spartan racer that one. You really need to fit a seat/safety belt and something to stop your feet from hitting the ground when they come off the steering pedals.

These yachts are good for 50 mph+ and if your foot hits the ground at that speed it will end up behind your ear.

Keep us posted with pics and vids when you go sailing.

Lots of help and advice available on this forum. Cheers.

Usually battens for land yachts are stiff for all but the leading 10 to 20% of their length. This puts the sail curve/draught well forward which is what you need with a high speed sail.

Have a trawl through the sail making section. Wealth of information there.

You might well have the only land yacht in Alaska but surely there would be plenty of ice yachts there. Might be worth setting the yacht up with a set of blades for winter.

That is an awesome effort Bob!!!!
A total build from scratch. That alone is to be admired.
Love it. You made my week.

I appreciate the feedback. As soon as we get some wind up here I will post a video of the first go.

Mini yacht based on the Lefroy plans, has has some small mods since it was built but is sails very well and very easy to build.