Well done!! That looks great!!

Isnt it so much sweeter when you build it yourself
10 out of 10 jesse.
And where is that lovely beach?

Hi landyacht WA
The beach in the photos and the firt movie:Jesses landyacht are at the Mackay QLD harbour. The beach in the 3rd movie Jesses landyacht-dogfights is Bucasia in Mackay's norther suberbs, This is were the small blokart club meet. Mackay has large tides-upto 7m. and deserted beaches.

Crikey giz leave my mates alone. They just invented the wheel(again) and just proud as punch
Jesse,Jesse,Jesse! Oi,Oi,Oi!
lets agree to call it class 5 inspired

Promo girl said...

Always good to encourage them to use their helmets - most kids have at least a bike helmet.

Hi Promo Girl,
Should have taken your advice!
See our latest movie; jesses landyacht DT2 ; on google video!
Jes

agamackay said...
Hi Promo Girl,
Should have taken your advice!
See our latest movie; jesses landyacht DT2 ; on google video!
Jes

Ouch, hope all's ok! Couldn't find the vid though.

All im saying guys is that you are "so close now" to a class5 with just a couple of changes with your next generation of yachts you will be spot on.
And if you are doing this at the ages you are...give a few years and I would think you would be up there with the worlds best sailors.
My concern is that if your tweeking the yachts to make them go faster, smoother etc, you would be better using that same energy to perfect a class 5 that meets the class 5 specs.
Doing this would give you an edge over other sailors worldwide ..... and by starting at your ages with the skills you all obviously have it will be so natural and intuitive for you.
And by playing tiggy on the beach now WILL make you great sailors for the future!!!!!

Well done and go for it guys !!!!!!

Calm down GIZZYKINS
Suggestions for training games is an old favourite, "spitfires and Messershmits."
Basically fast circling of another yacht till someone stops . A great way to learn to keep a yacht moving.
If the kids can learn to tack effciently and then learn to accelerate downwind. they will become top sailors. The type of rig you are using is ideal for both things.

Having said all that, learn from MY mistakes and wear helmet AND Seatbelt. and wear it tigh
Idea for a competition. Variations on the name GIZMObut only if he doesnt mind and wont take offense.
Please GIZBIZ can we,can we,huh,huh,pleaseeeee

Hi Gizmo,
We looked at many drawings and designs before building the first landyacht, ideas from your drawings of "Design concept class 5" can be seen in our finnished product. As well as some from your "sandpiper class 6".

Hi landyacht,
"spitfires and Messershmits." sounds like a ribbon & flag free tiggy game simliar to "Days of Thunder" WW1 (the great war & the true acceptance of flying) was much slower than WW2 dogfights.
In mackay 10-15 kont wind is good (cyclones are a bit strong for us).
I was in WA 20 years ago you get faster winds - too fast for triplanes!

Do ya's like the movies? - feel free to rate them &/or leave comments on them.
aga

Jesse
Just a thought regards landyacht dogfights-maybe a mounted super soaker so it can only fire in a forward direction. I know I would want to join in.
note to myself - trip to recycle centre for brush cutter motor and small gerni
Ian

Hi iand thanks for the conrats on my landyacht
I saw your landyacht and it looks like you`ve put alot of effort into it,
I`m sure it will turn out really well.

iand said...
Just a thought regards landyacht dogfights-maybe a mounted super soaker so it can only fire in a forward direction. I know I would want to join in.

Deffinatly on my to-try-list[}:)]

Hi Hills your 5m ribbon idea is what we`re doing but we are using 3X4m. ribbons.
When seting up a game any No. & length of ribbons as long as they are all the same for each player.
If I trail my sheet rope do you think my brother and my dad
can help catching it? IF THEY CAN
jes

CRIKEY! dont any of us have lives other than thinking stuff up and making it
be warned jess , this stuff gets addictive. Its 30 years of landyachts this year for me.

I can only take credit for the sail. the rest of the work is that of Travis Bartlett ,in Kambalda. hes built 5 or 6 cl 5 yachts in the last few years and does seem to prefer the OTT style. At best I can keep up on a good day. trav is a very consistant sailor and you really have to push him to get him to make a mistake if you want to pass him. We had planned to have a cl 5 fiesta this weekend with AUS230 being in town , but I can hear the rain bucketing down

[b]cisco said...

Is there any chance Travis might part with a plan of that trike?

I've never know Travis to do any plans - he just builds - whatever he does it seems to work.

Promo girl said...

[b]cisco said...

Is there any chance Travis might part with a plan of that trike?

I've never know Travis to do any plans - he just builds - whatever he does it seems to work.

Sounds PDG (pretty damn good) to me.

OK, so I will ask the same question a different way. The next time you approach the "Spider" (It's got the Spider Man colours and it looks like the three legged Lefroy variety.), can you do so with a protractor and a 1m steel rule and give me three things??? 1. The angle between the back legs. 2. The angle between the front leg and the plane of the angle between the back legs. 3. The distance of the mast step from the point of those two angles.

With those three keys I believe I can figure the rest out and build a PDG yacht. If whatever Travis does works, you can't knock it!!

So how are the wet and salty sailors? Mouths frozen into an insane grin I'll bet.

Adios Amigos.