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land sailer to sail boat - 7/13/2008 5:09:31 PM   
mr. ilikehelp


 

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Status: offline 		ok i own a national geographic land sailer and would like to convert it in to a sail boat so how would this be done?
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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/13/2008 5:32:06 PM   
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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/13/2008 10:14:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: tail strike

Build a hull to go under the mast

Add a fin with a weight on the end. You might find it then needs a new mast.

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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/14/2008 3:30:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		so pretty much build a hull with a leel and on the bottom of the keel add a wieght?
so what size hull for about a 18 inch sail

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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/14/2008 10:57:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Look up footy designs. You can stretch and slim them a bit. Having the mast between 1 and 1.5 times hull length works wll usually. The fin area should be more than 4% of the sail area, and in an ideal world the ballast weight should be at least 50% of the total.

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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/14/2008 5:24:17 PM   
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The fin area should be more than 4% of the sail area


so find the area of the sail and make a fin with atleast 1?25 of that area

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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/14/2008 5:30:45 PM   
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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/15/2008 11:13:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes. Sorting out the actual position and shape is another story altogether, and the subject of much opinion.

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RE: land sailer to sail boat - 7/15/2008 5:12:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		okay so i took it abatr and this is going to be a tuff projece my hull has to ba at lesa 6 inches wide by ten long and the sail is actuall more like 24 inches. well im going on a trip from the 16th to the 20th so yeah wont have internet acccesbut feel free to give ideas.

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