i do hope i can join in

i may have to try and use one of your yachts

what survey are they doing
is it on the lake itself?

"DEC" said we would be threatening the hooded plovers that lay eggs on the salt flats. They arranged for Birds Australia to do a survey and they couldn't find any there.
The other worry for the Department of Environment and Conservation is the microbiolites. These are the bacterial growths that give the lake its pink colour.
Working with Steve from DEC and the Kath the shire environmental officer, we have identified where they are and have implemented a 50 mtrs exclusion zone to protect these colonies that take 100's of years to grow. They were very sensible about the problem.

Tom the yachts are there to be used, please come along and you are very welcome to have a go.
We are burning a sausage and drinks will be available. Porta loo's have been arranged and it should be a laugh.

Everyone is encouraged to participate and have some fun.

Only catch is, if it rains of course and the surface is soggy.

PS. How did you go with the job Tom?

Chook,
Are you a Rod Builder??
If not this is the way to deal with your Mast and Axles.
A technique used in rod building is to set the Rod sections (1 @ a time) between centers 1 of which is a BBQ Spit Motor the other what ever will serve. After lightly sanding the parts give them a coat of epoxy Clear and keep them turning until the epoxy is set. Use only light coats and if needs must re-coat them. Simple, Sweet and very Neat.
Hey! it is what I would do but you may try something else.
Ron

i still dont know about the job

bugger the micro organisums the lake would look pretty cool with stripes all over it were weve run it over

u could all come out to cape arid at about 3:00
only catch is u have 30 metres of beach and u will need a pretty small sail

That kart looks like a very good copy of a blokart to me. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
The Pink Lake can be soft, a big sail and wide wheels are a must. i have sailed on the salt ponds at the north end of the lake, hard and fast! Not so much room but you will get 2 to 3 times the speed, and speeding around is good for spectators and sailors alike.

Took my "topper" yacht to Rolles Lagoon, out past the Ora Banda pub, on Sunday, on the chance it would have enough water after the recent rains. Lake Lefroy has about 6 inches of water, Rolles lagoon has 6 inches of mud! It can get 2 or 3 metres of water, need a lot more rain yet, but hope for none so Lefroy can dry out by Easter. Either way, got a venue to do some sailing.

I enquired at the local mobile fiberglassing place in town about the coating and he said bring them in. I dropped them off and he did them the same day at no charge.
How good is that??? I'm wrapped!!!
Now I have all the bearings I've finally got the wheels sorted out.

Repacking the new bearings with marine grease.


Pressing the bearings and retainers in.


Ready to fit to the chassis


Got the brake levers on and used a washer either side of the lever, cut out of black poly pipe (with a wad punch) for a friction washer to keep it in the horizontal position when not being used.
Slowly getting there. I have the end in sight. Well almost!!!!

Well spotted!!!!

It's my 1.5mtr "Whippet" fiberglass hot liner. It needs about 15knots on our slopes here, as it's been decked a few times. The repairs have added weight. Have had it to 192kmh on the radar gun in a straight line, as I'm buggered if I can "dynamic soar" Every time I try, I just spend my time climbing down retrieving it out of the bushes.
My love is slope aerobatics and we have fantastic coastal slopes to fly on. They are 5 mins away by car from home and 52 mtr high above sea level.

I finally got the heavy stiching done today on the sails. Just a few eyelets to put in and they can be assembled. It should happen tomorrow with a bit of luck.

Hi, yes Paul I didn't fill mine right up as I want to beat the other buggers!!!

No only enough to lube them properly as it makes a mess otherwise.

I was asked about the brake mount mod and it can be seen in the previous photos. (The one where the axles are on their ends and note to bolt holes in the tube. To get the right position, the bracket is on the rear of the axle, this is for a right hand brake lever.)
It can be seen here.
My horrible mate jumped into this one as he reckoned it matched his shirt!!! More like his bald head!!!!!


Cheers

You did, there was 6.
Bottom bits for top bits, thats how the world goes round.

No sn, not at the moment.

I have found that the aluminium tube that the windsurfer booms are made of, slips beautifully over the tops of 3 of the masts and I made wooden plugs for them. One sail was a pin cap so just drilled a hole in the wood, super glued it in and drowned it in super glue to water proof it. (Red Dot super glue 7 tubes for $2.99 works as well as Loctite Super glue).

Took the fleet out yesterday for a run but there really wasn't enough wind by the time we got them all there and set up.
Got a few good runs anyway.
It sorted out what I had forgotten to do and what is need.
Boom heights that I thought were ok, under working tension ended up being way to low, so longer extentions needed.
I had also cut the sheet ropes too short on a couple of them restricting the sail movement. I just didn't realize that the sail would still generate power that far out the side. Unreal !!!!
A visitor saw us and he had a blokart with a 5.5 mtr sail and even he had to push it back in the gentle wind. The boys were keen and they all looked like they were using big wheel chairs, as they tried to keep them going.
Gota run.