Welcome to the forum Tom, I can see you having a ton of fun real soon.

If you use wheels like in your avatar, should go ok in paddock. Start with a LLM and build to suit. Most of all, have fun, discuss on forum and learn from others and your mistakes.

bushkid said...

stupid question
is a LLM
lake lefroy mini?

No stupid questions are possible in this forum! Yes the LLM is a lake lefroy mini. There are a lot of them world wide, and they are a proven design. If you follow the design/plans in the construction portion of this forum, you can be up and sailing as soon as you want to.

Take some time to look at the plans, and look at the pictures to familiarize yourself with the LLM, and go for it!

And take lots of pictures during the building process, too please.......

thanks for that

i should be able to some metal this week at a clearing sale

will a 4.2 metre sail on a 4.5 metre mast do the job.
I see that many people cut the sail to size but is there a way to avoid cutting it so i can slap it back on the wind surfer if i wish.

Hi Tom, yeh it's me, I got roped in to promote the "recycle regatta".

The only time I get a girl into a reclining position and and someone jumps out and photographs me.

The guys have been fantastic here on the forum and I'm learning something new every time I log on.

It's all new to me as well and I'm sorting out how to rig a sail at the moment!!!
If I can help you in any way with my limited experience, give me a yell.

I have made a chassis jig, a jig to construct the front end and lots of templates along the way from "Landyacht" fantastic plans of the LLmini.

Here is the front end jig.

The chassis jig.

Kits ready to assemble

And where I'm at now!!!! I still have some stiching to complete but my sewing machine isn't powerful enough to punch through that many layers. Thus the wrinkle below the bottom batten.

It's been good fun building and will post a photo of the fleet when I get them rolling.

I'm only to happy to share and help. Please keep in touch.

Chook

Adrian at "South coast bearings" for the stack of wheels like on the front. Haven't worked out the cost yet. The rears are turf tires off a ride on mower, hence the 4 stud holes.
1 yacht is mine and the effort I've put into the others is my donation to the Pink Lake bush fire brigade. I'm the acting captain.

Anyone who wan'ts to have a go on the 19th March, just come along get you bum in one and have a giggle with us.

There will be a nursery course for us to practice/learn on, away from everyone else.

Wow, im getting all hot and excited, even promogirl had a flutter
hope they work
dang Im busy that weekend too

just a thought chook,we just had to add a flatbar strap under the mast step on the original gal pipe mini as the mast step ripped off. it is simply a strip of 20 or 25mm x3mm flat bent in a U rising up the side of the mast pipe by about 70mm, no heavy welds on the chassis just spots or 10mm long welds. if the yachts get a flogging , some of them may tear after a year, so while the yacht are still raw it would be a good time to do the mod

hi bryan thanks for the surgestion
i hear blokarts are quite fun but building it is half the fun

im one of those people who finds the building just as fun. Im known to build somthing then use it for 5 mins, then think of a way to change it so i chop it up and start again.

but just for intrest sake how much is one as if i get serious about this game in the next few years then i may consider

@landyacht

i too will note the u shape bracket
thank

thats my thinking

Practice, practice, practice. Great fun aint it?
Actually it is easier if you lay the sail on a table or even the floor, keeping the material under some tension and that way you can do long runs with your quick un pick. Paul has it to a fine art using a stone honed stanley knife with a curve instead of a point.

Hi Tom, a chrome moly blokart is $2,324.75, plus sail and mast. 4 different sail sizes, 3 different stiffness masts. Standard mast is $367.30, 4sq metre sail is $772.10. Total $3,464.15. 12 months guarantee on the lot. Have sold very few parts,tyres mainly, they handle really well, though crashing into stuff will bend something. About 12,000 sold world wide, 1,000 in Aussie. Check out blokart.com.au

Test pilot 1 said...

Paul has it to a fine art .

yep- paul delegates the unpicking to his daughters...

Got it !!!! Boy I'm glad I dropped a post on here.
Clamped the sails out tight like you said and the reshaped snap blade knife works a treat. I did more in 20 mins, than I achieved the whole day before.

I haven't had any success with the double sided tape as it doesn't stick to the used sail material. (I even tried cleaning them to no avail) I have been cutting 10mm squares of the double sided foam variety and dobbing them on every 150mm to hold them in position to stitch.

I've got 3 sewn together and they just need the heavy stitching done on the batten pockets and the thicker eyelet areas.
On the mast pockets I have copied the Gastra sails setup. I have run a row of straight stitch down the pocket, 20mm in from the edge for a start and then use this to align the pocket to the leading edge of the sail.

Thanks for sharing blokes. It made life much easier.

Great to hear from you Tom and look forward to catching up.

I used staples when tape didn't stick to my sails and just sewed beside them (and occasionaly over them). Worked like a charm but were a little bothersome to remove.