Saw a couple of these last weekend while waiting for the tender out to our boat. Looks like these would be a blast while on shore.
Sailing Trike
- Thread starter Ken Honeycutt
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Looks like fun
In my windsurfing days my buddies and I would landsail by attaching a windsurfer sail to a large skateboard. When the wind on the lake fell below 15 kts. it was hard to get our sinkers up on a plain but a skateboard in a parking lot will go about 30mph in 10 kts of wind. We would also go to the local mall after closing at night in the winter to get our sailing fix
In my windsurfing days my buddies and I would landsail by attaching a windsurfer sail to a large skateboard. When the wind on the lake fell below 15 kts. it was hard to get our sinkers up on a plain but a skateboard in a parking lot will go about 30mph in 10 kts of wind. We would also go to the local mall after closing at night in the winter to get our sailing fix
- Jan 22, 2008
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I'm a cyclist as well as a sailor and that
contraption seems to me to be innefficient and perhaps quite dangerous in traffic.
contraption seems to me to be innefficient and perhaps quite dangerous in traffic.
I would think...
....tacking up the street into the wind could get dangerous. How do you explain to a 5000 lb Buick that you are on a starboard tack? Roger, the iceflyer is an iceboat that uses a wind surfing rig. They just took the blades off and replaced them with wheels. I could do this with my DN but there's no place big enough to landsail around here.
....tacking up the street into the wind could get dangerous. How do you explain to a 5000 lb Buick that you are on a starboard tack? Roger, the iceflyer is an iceboat that uses a wind surfing rig. They just took the blades off and replaced them with wheels. I could do this with my DN but there's no place big enough to landsail around here.
There is here!!!
If i have time this summer the conversion to wheels on my DN looks easy? Any problems with additional flex or vibration to deal with? I don't want to wreck my DN!!! Then what would I do this winter. Well more time for Luge that way but not looking to crack my winter speedster. Pray for Wind, Lugeman
If i have time this summer the conversion to wheels on my DN looks easy? Any problems with additional flex or vibration to deal with? I don't want to wreck my DN!!! Then what would I do this winter. Well more time for Luge that way but not looking to crack my winter speedster. Pray for Wind, Lugeman
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