I was contacted by "desertyank" whos been looking at the forum for a while, he and a buddy have built some LLMinis (2).
I don't know where he is in the USA but a job well done John and welcome to the forum.

John
Looks fantastic! I like the idea of the aluminium base, though might get a bit hot for your bum in summer
Would have helped to keep the weight down too.
Welcome to the forum.
Brett

Hi John
Good job! Very innovative Thats what makes these things so much fun
Welcome to the forum
Hiko

Nice neat yacht Brett. The aluminium sheet tray is a great way of doing it if you are set up for working the material.

I would be a little concerned about the near raw edges of the aluminium. You might consider screwing or bolting light timber battens along the edges for the sake of user friendliness. Varnished they would look really good too.

P.S. I noticed you guys use a similar building fluid to us as well. With ours, we believe any more than 5 minutes in the sun, it becomes almost toxic.

What we have is these things made of polystyrene foam or wet suit material to protect the fluid from harmful rays.

Looks great John. As Cisco mentioned, one safety issue... put that tinny in a stubbie holder!!

If you want to stick with Paul Day (Landyacht) designed yachts, his instructions to build the Pacific Magic are here: www.seabreeze.com.au/Articles/Land%20Sailing/Original-Pacific-Magic-Plans-by-Paul-Day_1514690.aspx

<--- that's what mine is.

Cheers

Phil

Great job, really like the spped and ease in building an alloy seat. cant quite figure out what it is but I really like the look your seat gives the yacht, it just looks FAST! (sounds like its living up to its looks as well). Colour scheme is good too, got a name for the beast?

EDIT: As for building a class 5, are there plans/notes around on Promo girls cl5? Just in case the metalwork and/or alloy for the axles is prohibitive (sorry Landyacht, cant get my head away from the 'T' designs ).

Not neccesary but worth a thought as when you get a few calling them 1, 2, 3, 4... may get boring

Class5 specs are quite specific with materials and construction just keep that in mind. For example a fibre glass mast ex sailboard would put you outside the class rules.
What acess do you have to construction stuff.... welders, good or basic workshop, lathe, mills, drill press, what is your material supplies like, what do you like working in ?and all that stuff.
Do you want the design basic, med or complex?

HOME WORK: Here is a thought for sail shapes... have a look at things in nature like the wings of birds that fly/ glide well ie. seagull, eagle, albatros etc and what shape do they have?
What is the shape of planes that glide well ie. sailplanes/ gliders, then ask why are they like that?

Post a pic of the sail you were thinking of using flat on the ground and lets have a look at it.

Im also fan of straight axles.... and Aluminium scaff tube.

class5 mid 80's



Mini size yacht im working on ... but could be enlarged to class5 size

i have welders, and access to a small lathe, a good size mill, and will try just about anything as far as construction. we have easy (but sometimes pricey) access to materials here, if i cant scrounge it on my own.

i'm not in too big a hurry, so i have some time to research this a bit.

thanks for the future help on the sail gizmo, i will take pics when i get home.

edit: what are the advantages/disadvantes of the straight axle vs the 'y' frame?

desertyank said...
thinking maybe 'tinnie' for the name

Aluminium is used in drink cans....What about
"Can-go"
"Can-gofast"
"Can-fly"
"Can-sail"
"Can-tipover"
"Can-crash"
"Can-t stop now"

desertyank said...

'trash can'..........

Thats it ...."Oscar"



Sorry John

Looking at the seat with the pilot in it I think you are sitting in an ankle guilotine I would seriously consider removing that front section , and putting one on that extends to the front of the chassis and be wider and squarer. in a collision or capsize situation the feet would very likely get pushed towards the diagonal edge. if you collided with an object or your foot slipped off it would very likely get dragged onto that raised edge. there is certainly a need to put some kind of protective edge on that ally , maybe the press on stripping that older cars have on door trims.
my big concern is that it wouldnt be you , but some first timer jumping in your yacht

desertyank said...

thanks paul. might be a good idea.

by the way, in another forum i think you mentioned that you have plans for another cl5 yacht besides the pacific magic. did i remember correctly?

the other plans are for a FED 5 designed by Mike Hampton for the British federation back around 1990. you can buy the plans from the BFSLY? youd have to gooogle for that one , I dont know the link

thanks one and all for the info!