Dimensions for a land sailor
Dimensions for a land sailor
Hey,
I have found a pair of old wooden water skis in mint shape. They are 7" wide x 65" long.
I'm thinking of making a custom longboard that can be set up as a land sailor for windsurfing.
Anyone out there with a land sailor.....my main question is where to set the mast base relative to the front trucks/wheels.
I'm thinking just in front of the front wheels for the mast base position.
Below in the picture (for reference that is a 38" longboard skateboard beside the waterski). I have just placed the wheels and mast base roughly where I think it should go (no holes drilled yet). Does it look OK?
I'm also thinking that this waterski is long enough that I could make the dimensions (eg. mast foot distance from tail) roughly the same dimensions as my Goya One?
Thoughts? Should I cut the tip off and make the overall length shorter? Does anyone have dimensions for a land sailor?
I have 2 of these skis.....so if I mess up the first one it will become a skateboard.
Thanks,
Keith
I have found a pair of old wooden water skis in mint shape. They are 7" wide x 65" long.
I'm thinking of making a custom longboard that can be set up as a land sailor for windsurfing.
Anyone out there with a land sailor.....my main question is where to set the mast base relative to the front trucks/wheels.
I'm thinking just in front of the front wheels for the mast base position.
Below in the picture (for reference that is a 38" longboard skateboard beside the waterski). I have just placed the wheels and mast base roughly where I think it should go (no holes drilled yet). Does it look OK?
I'm also thinking that this waterski is long enough that I could make the dimensions (eg. mast foot distance from tail) roughly the same dimensions as my Goya One?
Thoughts? Should I cut the tip off and make the overall length shorter? Does anyone have dimensions for a land sailor?
I have 2 of these skis.....so if I mess up the first one it will become a skateboard.
Thanks,
Keith
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ya gotta consider friction as a primary factor for placement of that universal, (bring the drill with you), and of course tribune bay may require bigger wheels and trucks..., and a cool concept for black-top (or possibly hard sand) sailing could be a floating universal base, to allow foot work carving while preserving sail&mast foot pressure - I've got a plan!
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Hey FOLO,
This would be strictly low wind, small sail (4.2?) on a big flat blacktop parking lot with skateboard wheels.
Will likely leave the nose a bit long and try a few positions.
K
This would be strictly low wind, small sail (4.2?) on a big flat blacktop parking lot with skateboard wheels.
Will likely leave the nose a bit long and try a few positions.
K
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landskate
KC could you put a big swivel roller on the front so it is more like actual windsurfing? rear wheels would grip like a fin, but the nose could swing?
Might not work for carving gybes etc. like a skateboard would.
don't hurt yourself for actual windsurfing. Land is harder than water.
Cheers,
Craig
Might not work for carving gybes etc. like a skateboard would.
don't hurt yourself for actual windsurfing. Land is harder than water.
Cheers,
Craig