We spent a few days this week in Long Beach, WA on the coast just north of the Columbia River with two other couples. While the women were riding their horses on the beach, they guys were playing with the "Land Sailor" in the picture. It was a kind of dune buggy made of tubular steel with a sailing rig from a wind surfer added. Steering was by foot pedals linked to the front wheel. Our biggest challenge was that the wind was blowing either up or down the beach the entire time we were there. This involved tacking upwind on a narrow section of beach where the sand was just right. The wheels would bog down in the heavy dry sand or if you got into really wet sand covered by much water. So we short tacked upwind and raced downwind. It was a real hoot accompanied by much laughing and screaming especially when one of the wheels came up as in the picture with me at the "helm". Want to go sailing? Who needs water? Gary Wyngarden S/V Wanderlust h37.5
