Land sailing

As you all have noticed; A Wind Of Change is the last man standing as far as power kites in the USA. A new kite buggy must be imported from Europe and new 4 line handle kites consists of the Beamer, Flux, and Hornet.

Nothing wrong with any of that I suppose. Just not the big selection it once was.

Some of us dabble with the landsailing thing. I also windsurf/kiteboard and the only reason I don't landboard is my age and I don't have a skateboard background. Otherwise I would do that too.

Since I have a bunch of windsurf sails; I found a way to successfully use them on my Blokart. With that said;
A uncut, downhauled windsurf sail can. Possibly be adapted to ANY landsailer. That's a big deal because before as far as I could tell you either had to buy a proper sail or modify one. I can still use all mine to windsurf with.

2 key components. An adapter tube to connect the windsurf mast extension to the existing land sailer.

The boom. This is a big deal. You'll have to make this piece but it's easy. I'm using the top half of a 400cm windsurf mast and a friend is using the lower half.

Cool thing about this particular setup is the more you sheet in; the more it outhauls the sail. Seems to work really well.

Here is my Blokart and my 9m sail. If I own a 10-12m sail; I would use them too!



If anyone has any questions about getting a setup like this going or building a land sailer; let me know. Also; a conversion bearing can be used to use the 8" dia buggy wheels with the Blokart.

Very cool. A 9 m sail seems really big compared to what most landsailors use. Do you rig the windsurf sail with the usual amount of downhaul tension?

I never did any skateboarding, but have used them (and ATB's) with windsurf sail for a long time. I think the main issue is knowing how to windsurf and control the sail. It was pretty easy because I had taken up windsurfing before landboarding. Now they call it "Windskate".... In the past year I've been riding my ATB with windsurfing sail and Wings at the field I normally have been buggy riding. I found that the wings are much easier to use than a sail even on grass and gravel. In weak or erratic wind, sails are much easier. Below is a picture from when I first started ages ago.