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Seagull Land Yachts

By jhn.holgate June 9, 2015 in Land Yachts & Blokarts

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I've been wanting to do a little write up on this company as the land yachts that they create are things of beauty.  At least to me.  They look incredibly sleek, stable and fast.  Like this...

They've got a whole heap of different models from the basic, to the slightly weird to the sleek speed weapons.  But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Since Jean-Phillippe Krischer was 9 years old, he's been building land yachts.  That was 40 something years ago.  In 1984, together with Christine Touati, he founded Seagull Landyachts.  Both are European and World champions.  Based in Brittany with a small staff of around 7 dedicated people they manufacture some of the most beautiful land yachts money can buy.

Currently, there are 13 different models listed on their website.  Ranging from the Ludic..

and the Silence...

To the MaxXL

To the Glider..

And Standart2..

The slightly weird Urban (which you can also pedal)..

To the competition Standart..

They have an excellent website which I have spent hours looking through - history, videos, pictures - there's lots of info there and if this is your type of thing, go have a look here:  Seagull Land Yachts

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What a beautiful sleek looking model the Glider is. I like the colour too. The fact that your almost laying down, rather that of the "abdominal crunch" position in the Blokart looks very appealing for comfort and most definitely speed. I wonder what they are like when you roll one. I will have a look see on their site. I must say though that I like the hand steering on the blokart, the reason I got into land sailing in the first place, however with the Seagull, your hands are freed up for more sail control in racing events. Thank you John.

Thanks Mezz.  I know with some of their yachts, you can adjust the seating position from sitting reasonably upright to laying right down.  This vid shows the mechanism in the MaxXL...

Check out their video channel too, it has lots of interesting stuff.  PS:  I want a photo of you in the Blokart with those shoes!!

Here's another vid of the Seagull team putting one of their machines together and taking it for a spin...

 I must say though that I like the hand steering on the blokart. From Mez

It is very good for disabled sailors and also intuitive. All the yachts I've built have foot steering and are much more precise at high speed. Both hands to control sheeting is a huge bonus. They don't point very high into wind though. I've only sailed a blokart twice and found I was overcontrolling the steering while working the rope. I did manage to get it to 98.7kmh. Got hit by a gust and 180ed  it at 94.2kmh backwards for 14 seconds. Not much skill involved just sheer terror. They are fantastic little machines for off the shelf racing.

The Seagulls are works of art. Beautiful!!! 

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Any one notice the fancy roller they use on their sewing machines to keep it all nice and flat in their video

and the roller is heated to activate the adhesive after it's sewn. Most of the load is taken with adhesive and the stitching locates it. Much stronger on monofilm and the designs are now ink jetted onto the panels before assembly. They are a bitch to unpick to alter after they are a few years old as they totally bond to each surface with the suns heat over time.

The whole assembly looks really well made, lots of attention to detail. Just can't help but think its not going to fit in the back of a ute. 

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You are right in some parts there norm, improvisation will no doubt save the day.

Honestly I will not be buying one, I seriously don't even get enough use out of the ( stab in the dark ... 3 buggies , 12 kites) 8-9000 dollars I have already spent on the hobby.

Be interesting to see one go head to head with a buggy though.

Just got my new to me Standart! Love this thing!

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Hi, I'm a design student at National Insititute of Design, Gandhinagar, India. I'm currently doing a project on land sailing vehicle. Can someone who has experience of driving these vehicles and also how its made and operated and is interested in discussing about it reply to me at <- Spam Removed ->.  Thankyou in Advance.

I only hope you can view these photos to see the plans of the Lake Lefroy mini yacht that Paul Day designed. 

I originally followed these plans and they sail really well. I have since built 29 more International 5.6 mini yachts to compete with.  

  landyacht's Photo Gallery, page 13 | Seabreeze

The steel framed yacht I repaired for a mate. 

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Lake Lefroy Mini Plans..... | Land Yacht Sailing Forums, page 1 (seabreeze.com.au)

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Blokart - A 55 lb collapsible single-place yacht best  suited for the apartment  dweller.   Can run on large courses,  but has a distinct advantage on  small, tight courses on  parking lots or parks.   Blokart is head  quartered in Bay of  Plenty, New Zealand, but is well disseminated in  Europe and  the United States.   Blokarts are a recent arrival, at  least  in the American market. . Chubasco - An old "iron"  ship from the sixties or  seventies.   Practically indestructible,  although quite heavy  by today's standards.   The name Chubasco is one of  the many  variant names for hot, dry foehn   winds, like Santa  Ana,  Scirroco, and Chinook.   These boats were produced around the  mid  1960s. Dart - Another "oldie" also noted for high  weight  numbers.   Darts can keep sailing when all of the little  boats  have gone home.   In his article on "Landsailing in  America" Nord  Embroden cites such high wind conditions as  "Dart Weather." Duster - A Nord Design boat with a plywood deck and  aluminum frame.   Low  production numbers, but the same great    durability found in all of the  Nord Design boats.   The boat  has at least two sail sizes; a standard and a storm. Fed Five - A European favorite.   Named for its  5  square meter sail size. It is light in weight and the pilot  is very  low to the ground.   The open cockpit has the pilot  lying back in a near  prone position.   Fed fives are very  fast and sail well in light winds.  No Longer racing in the US. Freedom - A Nord Desisgn similar to the Spirit, only  with a lighter, welded aluminum frame. Friendship - A Nord Design from the mid 1970s.   The  largest of the Nord Design  production line weighing in at  close to 500 pounds.   The striking  features of this boat  include an enclosed cockpit, and aerodynamic  wingmast, and  automobile tires.   They are a little hard to sail in  very  light air, but can still be seen screaming across the playa  in even the heaviest of sailable conditions.   Friendships  aren't noted  competing with the latest carbon-fiber boats  when winds are light, but  can kick some serious tail when  the aerometer climbs above 25 mph.   The  former land speed  record was set in a Friendship at 88 mph.    Unofficial  reports are even higher .

International 5.6 Minis -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIqvDodZlxI

Manta Single - By  far the most popular name in U.S.  landsailing.   The single sports a  plastic patio chair (sans  legs) for a "cockpit" and is a rugged boat by  all standards.    Along with its stable mate, the Twinjammer, the  Manta  single dominates the landsailing scene purely by virtue of  its  large numbers. As ubiquitous as the Volkswagen Beetle in  1960s America,  the Manta line sports sufficient numbers to  be called the most  successful one-design boat in American  landsailing. Manta Twinjammer - The hammock-style seat on the Twin  helps distinguish it from the  Single.   Although the sail is larger, it is not so noticeable unless the two are  side-by-side.   The Twin was an answer to both  sailing  instruction and romance.   The ability to put two  persons  side-by-side in a landsailer is something that few designs  could accommodate.   When sailing solo the larger sail area  also helps take  advantage of lower wind velocities that  leave the Manta single behind.    Both the Single and the Twin  are in constant demand.   Used boats don't  stay on the market  for long. Twins are great for introducing new people to the sport, as well sailing a nicely overpowered land yacht solo!

Mini Skeeters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brejAOyyivs Pacific Magic - Australia's  answer to the Fed Five.    Many are home built from plans made available  from one of  the Ozzie Yacht clubs.   The fiberglass bodies are  available  in a ready-made condition that helps expedite  construction.    In addition to the horizontal orientation of the pilot,  the  high aspect ratio wheels are canted in about 10 degrees. Pterodactyl  - A monster of a boat, few of which are  still sailed.   Although they were sailed competitively at  one time, they are nearly extinct on the racing circuit now.    Rumors do exist that they are capable of tremendous  top  speed, so don't be surprised if one of them makes it way  back into  the limelight in the speed circuit. Spirit - Another Nord  Design from the early 1970s.    The Spirit production ran about 19 copies. Available in  either ready-made or kit form, these boats were comprised  of  a heavy fiberglass open-cockpit body laid over a steel  frame  constructed from hollow box tubes.   The body rises behind  the  pilot's head to form a roll bar of sorts, protecting the  pilot in the  event of a mast failure following a roll-over.    The eleven foot wide  axle is comprised of three layers of  vertical grain Douglas Fir  overwrapped in fiberglass.   The  mast is a round pole and the sail simply slips over the mast  like a sock.   It is stayed by wire cables on each  side and  to the front.   Too heavy to compete with modern  carbon-fiber  boats equipped with wingmasts, it is still a high  performer  in strong winds and sufficient numbers of them are  still  around to sport a one-design class. Standart - A  French design that is big in Europe and  gaining interest in the U.S.    Standart has licensed two  non-European   builders, Nord Design in  California, and  IMACNZ in Palmerston, New Zealand.   They are fast,  light,  and sexy!   The Standart fills a gap between the entry class  boats like the omnipresent Mantas and the bigger,  high-dollar boats.   Their  primary appeal, other than being  eye-catching, is that they have a  readily adjustable  steering bar which can accomodate pilots from 5' to  over 6  1/2'.   They are still a bit tight for those pushing over  200  pounds.   Large feet will need small shoes in order to have  adequate  steering performance.

US MINI 6.7 -   https://www.nalsa.org/miniintro.htm

Wind Puff - A Nord Design for kids.    There is no boom  and the sail can be reefed to control just how much  surface  area can be captured by the wind.   A great boat for teaching  the youngest ones the fundamentals of sailing.

EXAMPLES of many of these boats can be seen on the NALSA web  site's photo  gallery . Many other designs exist, some as  one-of-a-kinds and some as limited production runs.   YouTube also has videos for more viewing.

GLOSSARY OF SOME LANDSAILING TERMS: Asymmetrical  boat -   A specialty boat design to do  only one thing... Go FAST!!!   Because  the boat can be  engineered   along an asymmetrical design, it can  take  advantage of certain characteristics of rolling friction,  lateral  resistance, drag, "lift", etc.   These boats are not  capable of sailing  to all points of the compass, as they  generally sail in only one  direction.   Although the  asymmetrical " Iron  Duck " holds the current land speed record for a  landyacht it won't win any  other races.   Some individuals in  the sport are giving consideration to  applying class labels  to the speed titles.   This would enable a broader  reach for  others interested in improving the capabilities the many  other styles of landyachts. One Design - Boats that were all  manufactured to the  same specifications.   One-of-a-kind boats don't  qualify  here.   A series of boats all identically produced eliminates  all but the pilots sailing skills from the competitive  equation.   Boats  sailed in this category are not evidence of  how much money the owner can throw at his boat, but rather  how much sailing prowess is possessed by  the person at the  helm. Racing Classes - In the U.S. Classes are determined  solely by sail size.    Class 5 (49 sq. ft.) Class 4 (59 sq. ft.) Class 3 (79.1 sq. ft.) Class 2 (121.6 sq. ft.) Additionally boats manufactured from a single design are  often raced in the "One Design" category such as: Manta single (45 sq. feet) Manta Twin (59 sq. ft.) Fed 5 (5-sq. meter) Standart Friendship In Europe, and perhaps other venues, the Classes are  determined by a combination of sail and boat size.    At combined events, like the World Championships where  both  organizations are present, the trophies are awarded by each  group  according to their respective classes. Symmetrical  boa t - A boat capable of sailing in any  direction.   Most landyachts fall into this category. Sail Numbers - Assigned by either the manufacturer,  sometimes as a serial number, or  by the sailing  organization.   NALSA sail numbers generally have a US  prefix  and are assigned by the NALSA official accessible through  the NALSA web site .    Sailing Organizations - NALSA, in the U.S. and FISLY,  in Europe, set and monitor racing in  their respective areas.    The rules for class entry, sail size, etc. vary between the  two organizations.   Their rules apply only to  those  participating in sanctioned events.   Sport sailors are  pretty much left to their own devices.   These organizations  promote racing, design, safety, and general activities  related to landsailing.

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SA, 2865 posts

In another thread it was mentioned that land yachts should be built to a "standard" of construction if so.... A. What is the "Standard"? B. Who set the standard and is it an international "standard"? C. How do you measure a yacht to that "standard"? D. Are commercially built yachts built to a "standard" [Go to question A] E. Who would enforce it and are they qualified to do so? F. How would you measure yachts of different construction types, ie Carbon/ Glass fibre, Timber, Aluminium, steel etc. I have done a search for a "standard" for construction on the web in both land and ice sailing but all I seem to find is class specifications but NOT construction standards. While it would nice to have a "standard" like the auto industry is it practical, is it possible, is it needed? I would have thought that building yachts to class specifications would have been sufficient and should the existing classes [Class5 / Promo & Mini] be encouraged for constructors rather than some of the non class yachts that have been made over the years? Just a subject for NON heated rational discussion PLEASE......

TAS, 1972 posts

Sounds like a good discussion. If one doesn't understand why something should be done or not, "Because is not an answer". If you don't make safe the Axle ends the vehicle is likely to badly lacerate an Ankle of Shin. Should a weld like that not be reinforced it is likely to break and at speed you are likely to badly injured or kill yourself" these proper answers. Like you said Giz' a good thread for discussion and thought out answers can only teach us all. The day any of us can not learn is the day we be Stepping from this Mortal Coil into a Wooden Jacket. Ron

WA, 1659 posts

That is why we have our yachts inspected before racing Cheers aus230

WA, 1244 posts

WA, 5921 posts

OK! So I will Start with queries?. What Materials are suited to Land Yacht Build and what is sensibly suited to the purpose and integrity of Class 5 Yachts and down i.e. As Paul has pointed out why go for expensive metals when Recycled is cheap enough and serves the purpose. I can safely say that though Carbon Fiber is a great material in certain areas of stress it would work if it were HEAVILY Reinforced. Schrodinger's Cat case in point. Ron PS; This is not for me personally but to help future members to understand what Home Build is about.

Hope this helps. http://www.bfslyc.org.uk/files/fed/D.07%20C5%20CoP%20C&M%20Jun07.pdf This is what I'm using to rebuild my old crate. Plus a bit of common sense gained from 14 seasons of motorbike racing. I'd guess there are national standards kicking about from every country that races. I know scrutineering occurs in the UK before every race meeting and the pre-sailing check is part of the knowledge I need to get my 'pilots licence' so I can race. Cheers Col

colk2004 said... Hope this helps. http://www.bfslyc.org.uk/files/fed/D.07%20C5%20CoP%20C&M%20Jun07.pdf A great starting point.... Class5 is VERY specific on construction materials and specifications and if you build a yacht that doesn't comply with ALL the requirements its NOT Class5...simple. And its not "sort" of like a class5 that's like being "sort" of being pregnant you either are or you aren't . Mini Class is a totally different situation.... any suitable materials go. My concern of recycled materials for construction is "what is the condition of the materials" has the tube got rust inside, is it as strong as new tube etc? I often wonder about using trampolines as yacht frames, are they from a humid climate or a dry inland location? New materials for a LLMini aren't that expensive as there is so little needed, the actual cost of the steel tube would be less than a slab of beer and if you not prepared to spend that should you be in the sport anyway? Would you go to a tennis club with Nan's old tennis racket that's been re-strung with fishing line and a couple of tennis balls the dogs chewed? and still think its OK... I think our sport (land sailing) deserves better than being regarded as "Junkyard Sailing"

SA, 956 posts

WA, 2775 posts

I think standards do need to be different for each class. The speeds and forces put on the axles for example of a class 3 land yacht compared to a mini is totally different. Yes I think mini's need standards but I don't want to be the one to draw the line. Yes I agree, poor welding should not be accepted but how do you determine a good weld? I have seen beautiful welds with close to no penetration at all, I have done welds that look like crap but would be more then sufficient for a mini. Just my 2c

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QLD, 208 posts

I think we should just leave it up to our machine examiners in race conditions,and I am sure that there is are enough common sense around to ask if for a bit of advice if you are not sure about some aspect of building, the last thing we would want is to be over regulated by someone who knows nothing about our sport. I have seen it happen in the mining industry with people who have no knowledge of mining bring up standards that are unworkable. So please keep it fun and not put conditions in place that will be a destroy to our sport. Worried aus230

Yeh, double ditto!!!!! Well put, aus230.

So from the original question on this thread.......... A. What is the "Standard"? There appears to be no construction "Standard" for DIY or Manufactured Land yachts B. Who set the standard and is it an international "standard"? There appears to be no construction "Standard" for DIY or Manufactured Land yachts C. How do you measure a yacht to that "standard"? There appears to be no construction "Standard" for DIY or Manufactured Land yachts D. Are commercially built yachts built to a "standard" [Go to question A] They may be built to their own internal factory QA construction standard which maybe doubtful (ie. Zooter yachts) E. Who would enforce it and are they qualified to do so? With no such construction "Standard" it seems it would be best suited to the individual clubs / groups to monitor build quality and yacht safety. F. How would you measure yachts of different construction types, ie Carbon/ Glass fibre, Timber, Aluminium, steel etc. Difficult and probably not needed. I have done a search for a "standard" for construction on the web in both land and ice sailing but all I seem to find is class specifications but NOT construction standards. While it would nice to have a "standard" like the auto industry is it practical, is it possible, is it needed? A construction "Standard" at this stage does NOT seem practical, possible or needed. Apart from general safety common sense which we ALL can keep an eye on. I would have thought that building yachts to class specifications would have been sufficient and should the existing classes [Class5 / Promo & Mini] be encouraged for constructors rather than some of the non class yachts that have been made over the years?

Giz' I should think that in general people try to protect themselves from damage and PAIN. Take Paul for instance he said, in another Post, and to me that if I continue to run using the Axle Shaft/Arm as a Hand Grip that it could lead to me suffering damage and Great Pain, He has experienced such Pain. There in is a Std, If I choose to continue with the practice it then becomes my own problem and I have stood warned in the matter. Questions, Answers and Outcomes are what it is all about. ( Why is untempered Aluminum or light walled SS not suited to LY's??) I should think the answer is Bleedin' Obvious but there are those among us who have no experience in Engineering, this is nothing to be ashamed of. What a little reading and questioning those with experience will give answers every time. Hence my stating earlier that "Because I said" is no answer at all. If a Standard were required, Common Sense should be it. Ron Ron

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lachlan3556 said... Common sense as a standard sounds good to me as well! Only problem there- is that common sense isnt very common anymore! So many people out there have relied for so long on someone elses rules being imposed on them in almost every facet of life, that the vast majority cant comprehend taking responsibility for the consequences of thier own actions. Our hobby/ sport/ past time of landyachting with home built machines is one of the few times that I have been able to enjoy myself without ending up being buried in red tape and over zealous officialdom. Half the fun for me is just finding the bits and pieces to build- or helping others to build (like the kids at Mercy college) note: I prefer the term "home built" to "home made"- home made always tends to sound a bit "Heath Robinson" to me) I just love the mini rules as they stand at the moment. round tube mast, 5.6m loop of rope for the wheel footprint, 4" x 8" tyre. lets hope they stay this way!

Now this is good stuff. Psychology . The way we think of our own safety and that of others. This screams of caring for your Sport and the Health of Fellow Sailors. On the Point of Common Sense Lacking. There in Lies the Rub it is something that I've been carping on about for years. As a Species we are generally Lazy. I tend to be a bit that way but I do use it too my advantage, in that, I will find the easy around a problem BUT I do not compromise the Outcome. Today people are interested in Bear, Women and Football or some such mindless sport where they are only spectators and only ad to the colour. One can see just as well in Monochrome and in some cases probably better as colour can at times be just a Bloody Hindrance. I once asked when I was in the Army "Why do we only use British or American Gear?" "Because they are Allies and we can and we can be assured of supplies" Today we are reliant on China, Japan and other Countries, many of whom were considered Enemies of the Western World. They may well be good friends but people are very Guileful and work purely for their own ends. Shiite! We could find ourselves out on a Limb with a Handsaw cutting the wrong side. Truly Scares me when I think we are Just Babes in the Wood. Ron PS; It don't scare me for me (I am too old to worry for me now) but My Son and his girls????)

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