that gives you plenty of time to sew up the gazebo vic, maybe a bit a pruning and weeding, paint the verandah

pull it apart and off to the scrappy for cash

Doesnt look too ugly to me Vic Far from it

G'day Responderman, long time no hear!!

Hows the sailing over there??

Thanks, The project I set out to achieve was to make a class5 yacht that could be made by anyone with little cost involved. That is why I ended up using ply wood for the seat, The tubing was recycled from a mine site and ally where scrapes of scaff tube. though I will keep sailing aus2300 as I think it has a lot of potential for further development yet , I will see how this one develops.
Cost.
Sheet ply $35
Tube, steel $0
Scaff tube $20
Resin/ fiberglass $70
8"wheels where scrounged $0
New tyres $45

This does not include mast sail or pulleys ect as they will be borrowed from aus230
I was going to fit a modified windsurfer sail but that may have to wait.
I like it better with the 26" wheels but I am not sure how they will preform attached to the droppers.
The cost of the 26" wheels(materials + tyres) $90
So I guess it has been a relatively cheap project.
Cheers
aus230

the final measure will depend on your weight and size, your sail shape , the surface your sailing on and the wind. . I measure all the top yachts at a comp from the centre of the front wheel to the front of the mast and the mast step on my present 5 had a step from 940mm to 1100mm. i then removed the front 50mm.. you do need to trial the position. the further back settings tend to perform better in strong winds , but poorly in a light wind( for me)
the exact favourite distance is secret mens business , sorry[}:)]

iand said...

Is "what locates the mast post at the top of the step " secret mens business too

I dont know how vic will do that maybe some big lumps of firewood

landyacht said...

the final measure will depend on your weight and size, your sail shape , the surface your sailing on and the wind. . I measure all the top yachts at a comp from the centre of the front wheel to the front of the mast and the mast step on my present 5 had a step from 940mm to 1100mm. i then removed the front 50mm.. you do need to trial the position. the further back settings tend to perform better in strong winds , but poorly in a light wind( for me)
the exact favourite distance is secret mens business , sorry[}:)]

I reckon measuring from the front wheel only works on Class 5 because you can be pretty sure that most are very close to the class rule of 2500mm front axle to centreline of the rear. It's hard to measure from the "virtual" rear axle when the axles have any level of delta. I still use the dimension from the rear axle on everything I have ever built (60+) all classes except I haven't finished the mini!
If you are going to measure other people's yachts it is reasonable to ask first!

Hey aus,
How is that giant LY going?? Any progress??
Ron

it had a wheel alignment yesterday, and magically fitted with promogirls old SUPER CUSHION
Personal feeling is that it will be too flexible for walyungup racing, but how about George sails it first