Your making a mini in the shape of a book!

Im guessing hammock, as in suspended seat maybe...but Im not sure how ones going to stop their but skidding along the gravel with the height of that OTT chassis. I dont envy those round-to-square tube joints either.

Good luck, jeez Ive gotta get building again Nice stencil too!


EDIT: Oh! I change my mind about the OTT idea "Mini magic"?

He's making it out of the back lawn?!?

Well I started construction on Iron Chook II, same length, bit wider, nicer looking and hopefully a lot faster. Not willing to say much more than that as the design changes a bit from day to day. Hopefully now Im done with uni I can finish it

Trouble is I also keep getting distracted, saw a really nice looking Lefroy Mini I wouldn't mind copying

no real progress today as I doing the mum thing and work and repairing the house as me ferals trash it.
got the chassis all set up to work on the comfort zone.
Often this is the stage where you realize it isnt going to work and it all goes in the pile, but thats not the case this time. one of the goals of this yacht is that no component will exceed 1 m . that way the yacht could theoretically be delivered by Australia Post.


that bar across the back is just to hold the wheels for this bit of the build.
wooden bits will go as well.

actually , at ths point I would like to give an honourable mention and thank you to KODY. a while back he explained how to weld up holes by doing it as a vertical up weld. I suggested that a bit of copper plate at the back was just as good.
I was SO WRONG. Kody , thanks for the knowledge, your technique was just so much better you saved the day on this complicated bit of welding

unfortunately that back bit is sniffing over the 1m mark.but Im not beaten yet
I tried to get a collapsable mast right down, but if your making a 3 piece 4600 mast it needs to a be good stiff mast to start with.
the 3 piece masts made for the construction forum are really only for a cruising sail.
Ive just made a 3 piece ally mast that is a softer mast than the last ally mast I made, but havent had a chance to try it out.
sadlyI have to do lots of work tomorrow so progress will be slow

I only did a 3 piece "cut up ) of a glass mast and also a 3 piece ally one. I tend to make the masts 4600 mm overall which is fine for a 4m sail or up to 4.5 if you have a foot longer that 1200mm I have found that the3 piece ally one is a bit stiff and have built a lighter one which I will trial this weekend. . for a single or 2 piece glass mast I put a tapered dowel up 600mm or a piece of 48mmODx1.6 ally the same length up the base , held in by a squirt of silicon. I have a 1 piece that has an old tapered mast top pushed up the base till it stuck and that is also a great mast

Looks mighty like a blokart wheel on the front of that rig.

Apart from that I am sure you will not be infringeing on any copyrights with that machine.

With all this yacht building and sailing, how do you actually find the time to do that other "W" word stuff that, you know, brings in the bacon?
Cheers Cisco

Given the colour and shape of it, a fair bet is that it comes from the factory in Whangerai, N.Z. where I believe the blokart wheels are still made.

I have a wheel scource here that may be able to solve the mystery. Watch this space. Cheers Cisco.

Bit of a slow week due to the evil neccesity to earn a crust.
I only managed to get into the shed once to pick out a design for the nose cone.
my supply of white gelcoat had died the death of old age, , so I had to mix up some clearbase with pigment. , had hardly any of that left either so I ended up with a burnt orange kind of flavour. seems a tad 70's, but such is landsailing.
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needs some mounting lugs and a polish, then add the side tracks to carry the canopy.

its even got some funky yellow and red swirls from the pigments not mixing at the bottom of the container, man,very funky indeed.
I still recall my bedroom furniture being the same colour in 1974.. I wanted to make the floorpan white to match the seat and canopy. that would have given a cocoon kind of look, but now it might be a Bardy grub kid of theme

I'm a bit more partial to a Marconi Sloop rig meself, but I doubt it would be of use there. Would probably become a stalled plough or a stick in the salt.

While I am at it, A Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year to all the contributors (including Laurie and even Wheelnut and Splitpin) who have made it such an interesting and enjoyable year on www.seabreeze.com.au .

I can see your point. My first boat was a Spencer Javelin (14 ft) which was named "Roulette" and it was a gamble all the time to keep it upright. Not the kind of boat for a relaxing sailing picnic. She could certainly boogie though. And it had stays and pulleys all over the place.

Back to the business at hand.
Knuckled down after a sail on boxing Day . Got the schooner out and under full sail for the first time in 2 years. then next day got back into the shed for the assembly job.
Mini Magic is now built, tested, rebuilt, tuned and ready for fun .
.the yacht ended up with 2 usable seating positions, Cruising ( about the same angle as a BLOKART)


and racing( kinda flat and low).


thank you to the person who posted the pictures of the CHUBACO a few months ago, that was a great idea.
new sail is a 4m polyethylene with extra battens for racing.weight is not too bad.
rolling chassis weighs in at 30kg, 10kg of which is wheels.


Perhaps gizmo would oblige with one of his techy diagams to see if Im close(please)

when sailing it feels very similar to a Pacific Magic, no bumps or jolts, when a gust hits it will lift easy then settle back as the speed kicks in. i only tested on tarmac so the steering just worked, but it would turn hard enough at speed to squeal the rear tyres, without it slowing
nappy version 1 had too short a piece of armour plating underneath, and I sewed up a new seat with a longer base , but shorter overall. this meant that the a soft bottom yacht could get over a 150mm kerb, and fly out of the dips in the carpark, with the seat intact.
the fibreglass front has boltrope rails so when I get time i will build a sock to cover the pilot. with thin battens sewn in I suspect it will all end up lookng like a flying Bardi Grub

Thanks Gizmo. I had a sense that that would be the case. When I built the chassis it was all new and the mast rake ended up 2 degrees more raked, plus the chassis tube was the last piece I had and I ended up with the mast 100mm back than my usual position. It may explain the tyre marks in the Carpark,and the half worn new tyres
I think this will give a sniff more straight line speed, which is what Im after to knock off Crazy Travs crown.

I once beat Roy Justice in his Cl 5 with a sandpiper, so , so far so good
when I tested it out in Our special carpark I cracked a 48kph, previous best was 40 in WEE,WEE,WEE, and that felt really dangerous, the 48 felt like it was showing off its potential [}:)]
maybe , with this yacht I can go back to trialling some taller , narrower sails which were just spitting me out before

Priceless advertising re the Belgium influence! Well done.

How do the swept axles go compared to a normal Lefroy mini? Are we going to see the racing LM's of the future having them?