Land Yachts & Blokarts
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So if my Garmin Watch reads accurately - I reached 62.8kph at 13th Beach (Barwon Heads) yesterday afternoon. My PB! Be it all for less than a second - I felt the gust and by the time I managed to glance at my watch, I was back in the 30's again. I think John was following me, and may have footage....Anyway it was a good run, my best so far in means of turning, tactics and hopefully if this is correct, my fastest on three wheels ever! ( or even two at one stage)
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Wednesday night, after I'd already retired to bed comes a knock at the door. "Gday Doug, go wake Mezz up, I have a present for her." It's almost 10pm and @.Joel is standing in our front room with a grin from ear to ear and in his arms, a yellow sail bag with "Gaastra Sails" printed across the bag. He and @Chook had been talking and had come up with the idea. I've been trying to locate a second hand blokart 3m sail but they're silly prizes. So knowing Doug is a bit handy with the sewing machine from making kites, Joel brought around a "Gaastra Wavefoil 4.6 Sail" with the idea to get Doug ( @igeighty) to make up a custom 3m sail for me, in pretty colours. So the "buil…
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A couple of vids from Scott Young tuning up for the world championships to be held at Lake Ivanpah..
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Just wanted to show off a little video I put together. Lots of fun at Kingston SE! Its definitely a weekend that should be marked on everyone's calendar Anyone else get some footage?
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Since 1967
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Not much has changed........ since 1967 @Chook and I haven't even gotten to the articles inside yet
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This is an article extract from the "Official Journal Of The National Geographic Society" November 1967 titled "Dry-Land Fleet Sails The Sahara." I came across this edition of National Geographic through a friend and thought it would be a good read for the land sailers in the community here. The article has been scanned from the original magazine so please excuse the imperfections on some pages as they're nearly 50 years old, enjoy.
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A new small land yacht from Seagull...
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I had a laugh when I saw what looks to be an actual sailing boat with ice blades added to it - it's a beauty! Obviously not as fast as a proper ice boat/land yacht equivalent but then, it's got so much charm and style! And there's some sleek looking dedicated Ice boats here too...
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Not sure what the occasion was, but some recent footage of some Seagull landyachts in the desert.
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Sail Repairs
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So today, finally the 5.5m sail goes off to get a new luff sleeve. I'm embarrased to say its been a year since I damaged it, but @igeighty did an amazing job patching it up for this long. So it will get its test out at Sandy next weekend. Its off to Horizon Sailmakers today and I will get it back Wednesday. Thats pretty quick and for a reasonable $130 mend! Shall take a before and after shot. Have a great Friday everyone! From Mez
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Looking forward to Sw wind and low tide to save the drive at 5 am we took the camper a day early. Good day tomorrow see you n the beach.
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So another proposed run out at Waratah Bay for the VBA group, a 9am start at the boat ramp (see 8th August post for location details) I'm hoping the weather will be nice enough to get in a good day of Blokarting/Buggying. We shall probably do a day trip as the nights are still on the cold side to test out the camper trailer, but have you noticed the mornings are lighting up? I get excited this time of year as it means that the days of going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark are finally out numbered for the rest of this year. So watch this space and I hope a few - if the day goes ahead, are able to come down and have a play on the sand. From Mez
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Held late March 2015, the America's Landsailing Cup took place on Lake Ivanpah. There are some great pics on flicker.... Check here for the photos: America's Land Sailing cup 2015 A vid from Scotty Allen: And results here: Nalsa Results
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Just thought I'd share an event with you all. - Tried creating an event but it refused On Saturday 8th August 2015, the Victoria Blokart Association will be meeting at the boat ramp at 9am (opposite the children's park, and by the toilets) just on the road to Waratah Bay Caravan Site. Here, we'll set up the blokarts (either on the street, or if you can drive on the beach, down on the sand) and have a session of fun races and general beach runs. And of course, plenty of opportunities to have a go yourself. Low tide is at 11.07am at about 0.55m however its too early to see what the weather will be. Usually three days before is a good estimate and I can let you all kno…
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Some nice footage of what looks like a Blokart converted for ice....
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Some excellent footage of some very sleek machines. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin...
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Some footage from Scott's Blokart at Smith Creek. Not sure how fast they're going but it looks like they're seriously moving.... Smith Creek is near Austin - about 450km NW of Ivanpah How old do you need to be to do this?....here's Scott's 7yo grandson blasting around in a Blokart for the first time...
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RC Land Yacht
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I have toyed with the idea of building an RC Land Yacht as a little project and today I have come across these Land Yacht Kits from Hobby King. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__76854__HobbyKing_8482_Bat_1_RC_Land_Yacht_Kit_AU_Warehouse_.html http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__76850__HobbyKing_8482_Bat_1_RC_Land_Yacht_PNP_AU_Warehouse_.html Looks like they could be a bit of fun. Bat 1 Land Yacht Manual.pdf
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Roll up, roll up, stick yer Lake Lefroy vids here! With the annual regatta coming up, a few vids of the lake might be nice for us southerners to have a look at to whet our collective appetites.
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Some Lake Ivanpah goodness!! I still think those solar farms look awesome. Video's pretty good too and I love the remote controlled panning gopro rig.
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A beautifully shot and edited video of the Belgium blokart club in action....
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Most of us are well aware of how good Libre Kite Buggy's are. But I didn't know until recently that they also make a series of land yachts... First on the list is the Beachrunner Then there's the Micro Race which is quite a bit longer - I quite like the look of this one.. I do like the look of that seat... And then on the larger side, is the Relax.. prices in euros are here: Libre Landyacht prices Want to take your child along for the ride? No problems, you can get this... Their buggies are certainly first class, I've not had a single problem that I can recall since I bought mine in 2009.
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I thought this was a fun vid - wish I could read French so I could tell you a bit about it.
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Thank you for making a topic section for blokarts. Its nice to share my experiences with my blowie in a room dedicated for the sport. I know John H and Cris are both interested. I got into blokarting as I could not reach the foot steering bar on my partner Doug's Peter Lynn buggy.
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Here's a beautifully filmed doco on the 2014 Land Sailing World Championships held at Smith Creek in Nevada. It's not so much the race, but a look at the Playa, the weather, the people, why they race and what they race. It's a long vid, so if there's rubbish on TV, grab a beverage and sit down in front of this in HD (it's a little over 35minutes). There's some stunning footage of storms and even a little twister on the playa. One of the best vids I've seen on youtube and much better than all the crap on TV at the moment.
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