Best bet in thatpart of the world would be to contact Dave Webster at Pheonix Landsailing. I'm told he has a fibreglassing business ,and the seats on his Little Pheonix was quite a neat and tidy unit. Let us all know how you get on .

just added a heap of photos to land yacht gallery under jays landyacht....
specs and history...

1st yacht built is one pictured, mine ,designed by myself and built around 1996 ,width is 2.5m lenght is 3.5m construction is full aluminium ,main frame is 50x100 about 3mm thick diagional braces are 50x50 and 2mm thick ,forks are 6mm plate, the only thing steel on the whole unit is the front wheel ,,off a step thru motorcycle wheel with a slick tyre on it ,and the rear stub axels.rear wheels are aluminium 8'" boat trailer wheels.weight fully rigged is around 40 kg
this is the 3rd rig on this yacht
1st was a araffura cadet mast and sail (this one folded up when I broke a lower side stay at about 70kph.
2nd was a paper tiger mast and sail ( this one is a spare incase one of us has a mishap)
3rd current rig is a cut down A class cat mast and sail ,mast is 23ft wing mast and sail is a square top carbon fiber main.

2nd yacht is identical to first ,same specs ,built by a good mate of mine around 12-18 monthe after I built my one ,same A class rig .My brother has accuired this land yacht 9 months or so ago so we have 2 identical yachts to race.

3rd yacht is again identical to the first 2 ,built about 2000 by my x crew whilst we were racing nacra 5.8's ,he was in year 12 and had to do a shop project so he brought the aluminium and cut it out and welded it up (the teacher probley welded it up) with the mig welder in the school metal shop room.this yacht is a rolling chasis and is complete apart from the rig and sail ,and has never seen the beach,as I stated I do have a spare rig so our plan is to get this one on the beach as well.
as you can see from the photos the seats are fairly average ,I have been given a fiberglass seat mould for a bucket racing seat out of a drag car ,I may be able to cut and widen and cut and lay it back abit before I try and pull some seats of it.

There are quite a few land yachts is the area ,blowcarts ,kite buggies all different designs and sizes ,every now and then a new one will surface or some one will dig one out from under a house .

jay

Wow, nice work!! A fibreglass layback seat would really suit it!

any luck with seats Rattlehead. Or do we need to design one online for you?

landyacht said...

any luck with seats Rattlehead. Or do we need to design one online for you?

yeh havn't really given It too much thought lately , busy at the moment rebuilding houses and boats!!!

I like the look of that tri there Rattlehead. Doesn't look like a Farrier. What exactly is it? If you feel like posting a few photos in the sailing section I'll certainly have a gander. I have a Van De Stadt 34 which unfortunately (or fortunately) has not been in the water for the last 3 1/2 years. Got to fix the house before I fix the boat before I build the land yacht. In the meantime I get some sailing jollies from my blokart.

Cheers Cisco.

cisco said...

Yeah Rattle, had a look at those. Very impressive. They keep saying how it is a boat for the budget conscious. The budgets on the other side of the world must be a lot bigger than here.

The footage showing it sailing on a heel of about 30 degrees with the crew on the windward pontoon about 4m above the water is pushing the envelope a bit.

Tris are supposed to sail flat and fast aren't they?

fast is having the main hull just clear of the water,,,the same as a cat you have the windward hull just clear of the water..

`1200 mm is trying to test even my brain. You can see where the thinking for the blokart came from. If you want to lay back you might want to consider a 2 piece seat. I did like the way the sirroco had a seat with 2 angles.kind of slow or go positions. The seat on the Pheonix comes to mind as it has a rear in the style of the seagull yachts in that it makes you sit comfortably up and thus not need the long backrest that I prefer. That would probably be a better proposition on a rougher surface anyway.

re. the seat , will all be posted on my web site very soon , untill then , wait and see !

Just had a measure of the boot of the Falcon and 1250mm is the absolute max length that is practical and that is only if the front end is 450mm or less wide so as to fit between the back of the wheel arch and the tail lights.

Blokart chassis is 1180mm long and is a real neat fit in an XE or XF boot. XD boot should be easier as the spare wheel sits in the recess in the fuel tank.

So the question here is if a Lefroy Mini Explorer with a shortened wooden seat also had a removeable steering head and removeable rear axle extensions, would it still be a Lefroy Mini or would it be something else??

only if it went slower!
yes that would be fine. As long as the removable front was ahead of the mast base it will all work fine . the main thing to pay attention to is that the torsional effect of the main spine of the chassis isnt reduced

Here's another idea for a cheap seat. This cost me $42.90 and its really comfortable. Unfortunately this one is destined to be a rain water pump cover, but I might get another and try it on my mini. Just cut out the front panel and add some brasing.

See!! I told you a solution was going to drop out of the ether real soon. Brilliant Hillsy. Thinking out of the box at it's best. I always loved getting a ride in the wheel barrow when I was a kid (maybe I still are one) because it was so comfortable.

Maybe we should have the "Bunnings Barrow Land Yacht Challenge". Two Bunnings barrows give two seats and the rear wheels and some frame work. Add the front of a bicycle for steering and mast and sail and voila, land yacht. Cheers, Cisco

Rub A Dub Dub...... 2 sailors in a tub !!!!!!

or maybe "Hello Sailor"!!!!!