I'm not sure but ,if anyone else wants to learn about boat plans sale try Joolaim Rudder Replication (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my m8 got great success with it.
Very cool, a smile is a smile weather its on a 6' or 56' yacht! In Lyttelton NZ we have some similar sized yachts that were used for disabled people to learn in, the have heavier keels and higher freeboard of course, but it was a while ago and they are parked up now, shame
Learn2saillyttelton I applied for s job in Lyttleton but didn't get it....dream place to live with the yacht club right next to rugby club! I 'd be permanently wobbly wandering between the two bars....
They look cute, but claustrophobic. I think I will stay with my home built Firebug sailing dinghy, it’s 8ft, not as pretty, but faster & more seaworthy
no more difficult then a Kayak the boat is so light that I'd not be suprised if you couldn't just shift your weight and flip it back round like a Kayak, though it's not designed for that and you'd still have to get out and swim to shore.
I like the idea; however, it would be nice to have such a boat that did not try to mimic a yacht... A small one man sailboat. Also, some sort of head rest looks like it might be useful. Regardless of my opinion, brilliant work.
There are lots of small sailing dinghies out there. The whole point of this one is that it's a miniature replica of a larger yacht, right down to the simulated windows.
agreed. could use steel cables/ blocks instead of soldered joints/ cranks. And would leave the hands free to deal with the sheaths or hold the back of the head (for a brief relief...)
I guess I can see the appeal for some, but I'd bet that for the price of this thing, you'd be able to buy a good used trailerable sailboat in the 16 to 20' range which would give so much more adventure for the money.
Graham, that looks like fantastic fun! Just wondering...do you sell the plans for the boat? I am located in the US and would love to build it for a little lake here.
Cute! Although I am more than a little concerned about the potential for a trapped leg and consequent drowning in the inevitable capsize. Particularly since your target market seems selling a novelty to the inexperienced.
Amazing project, I am interested in purchasing the plant. It is not financially viable to import the full sailboat, tax incidence. I am looking for small sailboat for manufacturing in Brazil.
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There is a fair amount of demand for these but it appears nobody knows who to contact, I recommend if they are still being sold that the company reinstate their website as they will make a fortune.
What is the advantage of having the front half of the boat decked in rather than just keeping it open so you can get to the front if you have to (for example, if the jib gets tangled)? Is the idea that it would keep water out in rough seas?
The most obvious thing is that it is designed to look like a full size sailboat just miniature. If it didn't have a deck and cabin top and port outlines then it would just look like a sailing dinghy.
Fine on a small lake in a light breeze but I'd rather have a conventional dinghy tbh - faster and a lot safer - I'm assuming they have some form of built in buoyancy tanks and can be righted after the inevitable capsize but bailing it to get it stable again looks difficult. Is there a video of capsizing and recovering one of these? Having a weighted daggerboard is a concern unless its locked into place because once it turns turtle that will drop out.
sywart bruinsma just some friendly advice, instead of getting one of these get a laser or a sunfish or something along those lines, they are much more stable if you know how to sail them and can be balanced by the skippers weight on a boat this small it is possible you’ll capsize so why are you putting you body into a grave
You need a website and international ordering system. I am sure a lot of people are in the same mindset as me, wanting to pore over technical info and start figuring out how to get one. I live in Australia so the only contact being your postal address is a major turn-off.
Makes you wonder what a great business opportunity this idea represents, doesn't it? I am not misrepresenting the effort and work that goes into a well finished product, but the demand seems to exist if the interest shown in these comments are any indicator. I for one would pay for the plans and building instructions, and make one myself by stitch-and-glue. I loved airmodels all my life, but since 2 years I am into building rc sailboats, mostly footies. Now I'm beginning to deal with fiberglass and epoxy resin, so thinking about building a micro thing like this to sail inside seems doable bloody right!
I'm not sure but ,if anyone else wants to learn about boat plans sale try Joolaim Rudder Replication (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my m8 got great success with it.
He's gonna buy a dinghy Gonna call her dignity And I'll sail her up the west coast Through villages and towns I'll be on my holidays They'll be doing their rounds They'll ask me how I got her I'll say "I saved my money" They'll say isn't she pretty that ship called dignity
domegamer8, they are hard to flip because the weight of the pilot is below the line of flotation - your body is the ballast. But these are safe for mirror water, not choppy.
