not the greatest engineering but a "A" for effort

thanks deansh250 great shot



you just gotta love these two dudes and the half flat tyres

The still majestic.....start of modern yandyachting

How would you like to build/run one of these?

It looks a ton of fun, sex, booze, music, art and wind....Fun....a riot

Isnt that Paul sitting on the sharp end?

dang!! that means its a photo from our copy
Oh well back to square one

Hey Enrico!! That is a fantastic video and the sound track equally as good.

Is the voice thing in the singing "something Spanish"?? Really terrific!!

It reminds me of Swiss yodeling!!

Are you saying that the stern steering yacht was originally built in 1912?? Surely not. If so it must have some technological upgrades such as battens in the sail.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Enrico, ^^^^^you aorta be congratulated....... What a splendid bit of

historical sand sailing. Thank you, for posting here where many will view it

and no doubt fire up some gentlemanly imagination.



There are many still photos that one can find aground the web
many of us would never have the time to search and post. There are some copyright considerations, however i would be sure that owners if around, would not mind their photos posted where people with interest that may see them for the first time, and could arrange to purchase a print in regular top quality. This site is a modern gallery, where interest is found.

I would encourage all viewers to use this post to help advertise and promote the gentle art of building and sailing these wonderful machines. Diversity is the world, the individual is respected

It is being shown that there is not a one size fits all, but a world wide kaleidoscope of imagination, design and manufacture going back thru time.
My mind always stirs to "The Worlds Fastest Indian" different wheeled challenge, same determination as land sailors, worldwide.

@ j murray
Thank you very much, I only posted the video. The guys in Belgium did all the job.

@lachlan3556
My references for the drawings were Jan Leye, The adventure of sand and land yachting; Andy Parr, Sandyachting (great book, a lot of stories vividly sketched); Christian Nau, Le desert in char a voile.
As for the B.B., it was built by Henry Demoury in 1967 for the great saharian adventure with pilots from many countries. I remember the National Geographic video was great, but I can't find it on the web. By the way, I've found this
www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/vie-sociale/video/CPF04006481/chars-a-voile.fr.html

Cheers - Enrico

some early drawings of the mother of modern sand sailer