todays progress. charlotte and I poured the lead keel for the schooner, then mixed a batch of conglue(epoxy) and glued the deck on . Its all to sticky to get out the camera so I'll take a pic tomorrow. her little boat looks like having 4kg of lead to keep her upright. should now be able to carry topsails and flying jib. about 1m of sail.
i think I might be getting distracted
on the mini front , I got 3 coats of high build undercoat and got it rubbed back ready for tomorrows mystery colour. and also undercoated a special mystery accessory
no photos now to keep the mystery

sorry Ive been a bit quiet last week, sometimes you have to do other stuff too
should get the rest of the stickers for the yacht back tomorrow and you'll get a peek of the new seat . this week i hope to getthe minor alterations to the chassis done and back on track.
yesterday i got to spend time with a sailmaker who is interested in whats happening with our mini developments. I came away with as many answers as new questions
also came away with a roll of polyflex marked with the panels for my next generationof 4m mini racing sail
so whats the rest of the planet up to

landyacht said...
also came away with a roll of polyflex marked with the panels for my next generation of 4m mini racing sail

Interesting that you are going down in area from some of the original LLMini's, are you looking for a higher speed sail or just something more efficient?

I know ......just wait and see

Looking good! And the sail project sounds interesting as well.

SOS reminds me of something but I can't quite catch what that something is

thats fork no 2, now ground and polished ready to prime. I threw out the original fork and pedalsas they were not just right.
Im hoping to try this yacht out in the 4 lakes challenge one day ( hence the suspension on the front) and needed something tougher when I sail off the breakaway at red lake. final sticker arrived today, but you'll have to wait till next time to see it,
the only thing slowing the project down at this stage is work and admirers coming around to watch
The nose art was the mildest chicky babe image the printer had , and that I could get away with from promogirl.
all the other images he had couldnt have been put on seabreeze

there has also been a custom winking, grinning,flying pig sticker especially commisioned for this yacht
the printer used up the end of a sheetto print off some extras, so there are 8 left.
If you think you can justify becoming a custodian of one of them , tell us all why

landyacht said...

there has also been a custom winking, grinning,flying pig sticker especially commisioned for this yacht
the printer used up the end of a sheetto print off some extras, so there are 8 left.
If you think you can justify becoming a custodian of one of them , tell us all why

Because I would like one, and will put it on something sailing here in the states!

that's all I got.....

desertyank said...

Oh wait; I got an 'injuneering degree' from the school of the flying pig

Yeah, I got one of those too. I'll have one, If my boat still qualifies.

you were first on the east island I suppose, and clemco upped the anti, thats 2 need a mailing address though, I always forget to write that down.
down to 3 , but you gotta have a gooooood reason
sorry there havent been any updates....work and stuff.
Ive been trying to get the green arrow into the register, but we are still waiting on music permission for the video on U tube

landyacht said...

you were first on the east island I suppose, and clemco upped the anti, thats 2 need a mailing address though, I always forget to write that down.
down to 3 , but you gotta have a gooooood reason


Well whats a goooood reason ? Let me think Well its a very gooood yacht inspired
by a goooood ambassador for the sport [LY] and I think it would look goooood
afixed to the plywood seat of my first LLF mini which was accredited a diploma from the guru of the university of Amateur landyacht building the aforementioned [LY] Yeah that should do it
Home address in a PM forthcoming

I would love to put a sticker on "windburner"
How does one qualify?

Brian

The wind came and the water left , we all got a sail and new PB's.
you couldnt ask for a better weekend than that. firstly i would like to that PICASSO windsurfer sails, if you still exist, you sails , when recut for landyacht sails are AWESOME. Ive lost the post from the windsurfer in safetybay that gave me the sail, but it was good enough to recut to 3m and just smoked on the lake.
next thank you has to go to member Crazy Trav.
on saturday I had a first sail and clocked some comfy mid 70's then on sunday i strapped trav in for a sail so I could get some photos. the crafty devil came back with a nice little 81kph, then back out he went for a 85.4.
that was the encouragement I needed to scoot out and smoke a mini PB, then go out again and lift that PB. Trav then went out in wedgetails wooden axle mini and landed a 87+PB, which made wedgetail go out and get a 80PB, so test pilot nipped out with his big sail for a high 80's PB.
speeds aside , the yacht was fascinating to sail.
the front suspension didnt seem to be working, but when the winds got over that magical 45kph wou could feel if working upwind, and just being stable downwind.
no tow problems with the rear wheels, the plastic spoke front wheel survived a high 80kph double 360 +spin, without breaking.
after all the fancy mast and sail making I used a cut up single windsurfer mast that was rather thick up top.the brand was a Rotho-wave, very heavy glass weave, and a 3 m recut picasso surf sail.
later I changed down to a homemade 2.5 which went faster , but was flapping and rough to sail.
. after all the fun it will be interesting to see how the yacht handles lighter winds, as the yacht weighed in at a whopping 39kg!!!!!!
exactly 13kg on each wheel


and i beat that speed by 0.67 on the next run
that leaves only one design question


Cape or no Cape

Mmmmmm may have to make some changes to aus230 mini.

sabydent said...

I would love to put a sticker on "windburner"
How does one qualify?

Brian

sorry sabydent , just reading back you were first in
next printing , i will do one for you, sorry

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Like we've heard it all before Paul and we believe you------------------Truly--------------- Ahem.
Ron