We are just getting into the nitty gritty of the arrangements for the Eucla beach expedition in January. Tide dates are Tue20th Jan -Thurs 22nd Jan . we are getting to the beach on sunday a'noon to test the beach and sail to the east , then do the 290km west run on the above dates. .. we have 2 lake Lefroy minis ,1 BLOKART confirmed.
If anbody else wants to join our effort .post here please SOON
cheers paul

Grrr [}:)] Some people have all the fun, just giving note that Im very envious Hope all goes to plan.

Are you "the lindsay" lindsay?
Bill wanted to come bbut is stressing about the cost.
Plan is to meet atEucla on the evening of the 18th January, 19th is to sail on the beach and give the locals a go, 20th,21st,22nd we head west along the beach to RedRocks point. approx 200kms. we do not know if we will be able to get all the way to the end. then drive out 40kms to Madura
You would need a 4wd and someone competent to drive in sand, as we are going one way with vehicles following. bring extra fuel so you can be sure of getting out to Madura. anything else I can help with?. I now Bill would love to do it , he is just worrying about costs

Well, what a fantastic choice of vehilcles!!!

If you need any info on how to repair or modify it look at these threads I've prepared on my other favourite fourm!

Index to XJ repairs
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and

Index to XJ modifications
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or alternatively ask the question on that site. There is a wealth of knowledge over there!!

Oh and BTW here's how you carry a landyacht on one



ok ok, thread hijack over

sorry I'm so slow at answering lately, Having a work crisis( actually having to do some). Plan is to take minis and a CL 5, and a BLOKART, and see what works best. main thing will be to have interchangeality of wheels and sails.
I was shown a recent photo of the beach at low tide and the weed was all clear already . It would appear we could have done the run in late Oct,onwards

This is the beach with a 20knt+ reaching breeze. no surf due to a offshore reef which protects the beach.
I think the minis and the BLOKART will work best.

Wayne forbes told me he stood on the beach,realized it was like concrete and cursed himself for not putting his yacht on the roof rack. the sand here is fine quartz with no silt or clays, similar to the squealing sand at Lucky Bay

Not good news im afraid. got to the stage of building special yachts, modifying 4WD etc. money aside for fuel. tides worked out , the lot. then I was informed that i would be required to make 3 other trips ,all in the opposite direction, all in January. We were also unable to to confirm a second 4WD to act as a fuel tanker. ( even looked at hireing one). at this stage we are on hold, ie not going and will look at trying again in the spring, when we can get good wind and a clear beach.
we didnt know that the beach could clear so early in the year or we would have had a go a lot earlier in the season.
getting accurate local knowledge about a place that has only a few locals can be difficult.
So can we put you down for next spring splitty.
Sorry I didnt let you know sooner Lindsay, this has all come about in the last 72hrs

I will work on a date for october . still buckets of wind. I will work out the bst tides and let you all know[}:)]