A Paper Tiger sail!! Had one of them for many a year. I remember making a landyacht out of 2x4 hardwood and we stuck a Flying Ant rig on it. Hmmm good 30 plus years back!!

I remember one day with the paper tiger sail, but two hulls and a lot of water beneath me , on a shy reach heading for the start line. I was sittin on the rear(behind) the crossbeam of the windward hull going so scary fast (prob 15 kts or somethin) wondering how was I going to pull up? All I could see ahead of me was Port Phillip Heads!!

Got the nerve, and rounded up.

Good to see someone with a sense of homour Landyacht.

I spent ages researching the net for info on design, there was very little tech info (for steel yachts) on the web except that rc landyacht website. There was virtually no info on landyacht construction either. Anyway, I guessed where the centre of effort of the sail was, the C of G was roughly found post construction and the lateral resistance was done by dragging it with a rope.

I believe the sail is too far aft, the last thing I wanted was the loss of steering. From memory this reduces performance a lot though. As a matter of interest the addition of the car wheels, hubs and axles made little change to the performance of the yacht, at speed I'd say it went far better over the paddock surface.

Anyone know of any technical info available on the web regarding full size landyacht design?

EDIT: Other than this place of course

Just before I head off to sleep. A couple of action shots, I loved getting this thing up on two wheels.

Jeez, I apologise to anyone if Im annoying. Seems as though Im hogging the forums, hope Im entertaining. Maybe i should limit my landsailing exposure to once a day

I think it needs a name!! The Iron Duck is taken, how about the Iron Chook to capture that farm image

now i remember we use to have forward intermediate stays which were adjustable on these, the sail is designed for them. It would pull the middle of the mast forward and flatten the sail, let em off down wind and power up and flyyyyyyyy!

try this site www.papertigercatamaran.org/ Basically 2.6m up the mast if it is the paper tiger mast. I think i had a 6 to 1 system on it. But there is plenty of info there.

That thing is awesome Gizmo! Seatbelts are for wimps. Good to see he has a helmet on. Thats exactly the sort of picture I love, its really interesting to see the evolution of things from their beginning to present. Well, I find it interesting.

Actually, looking at that machine I feel a bit better, mine doesn't seem that heavy now Thanks for sharing that one Gizmo.

I feel rather small after that little session. . I never did see the JGG . which beach was that?

G'day All,

Lachlan, love the yacht - excellent effort for a 1st one.

I sailed the JGG many times & have fond memories - was the best 'wheelie' machine around & we just could'nt kill it...

Do you reckon all those youngsters are thinking that their new idea has been done, Bill?

lachlan3556 said...

Thankyou for the compliments Bill. It was a great project, should I say is a great project. Learnt a lot playing around, I'd never sailed anything before jumping in it and having go.

Great to see these new pictures! Many thanks to Gizmo and FAZE5. If I could I'd rename this thread to 'the wonders of landsailing in Australia' and have it for all the exotic (by todays standard) craft that have appeared over the years. Keep as many coming as possible, dont let those pics sit in your albums forever

+1

fascinating history lessons

Im glad you found a photo of those old girls. My personal recollection of them was that they looked fantastic, yet they were the slowest thing on the beach. Do any of you other old farts remember that bit, or is my memory fading?.
Anybody know where they all ended up? in fact where do all these landyachts go to die?. Is it somewhere in queensland cos I can think of 3 of mine that have gone there never to seen again.

glad to hear its still alive. Mind you technically speaking a landyacht that aint gettin used is just an awkward hand trolley,taking up space in your garden