I always found it hard to quantify as you are laying down in the **** and ground is just so close. At top speed it'll feel like your doing over 200 km/h when you are actually "only" doing 90 km/h.

But it your sailtrim is right and a gust hits then you'll know about it. It will accellerate quickly and you can stay in that single gust for very long stretches of beach. That is a truly excellerating feeling. First time it scares you, second time you'll learn to appreciate it, third time you are loving it and want more.

It has been to long since I took my landyacht (a class 5 as in the picture) from my shed. It definately is a great complement to cat sailing in the summer.




You got that right !

We have a few of those stories as well. Problem with dogs is that they actively try to intercept you, so steering clear of them is almost impossible. Class 5's don't go quick enough to kill them, you can often lower speed in time. Class 3 yachts however (120-130 km/h) just slice them in two. This is also because of the way class 3 are build. They have a long plank acting as rear axis/suspension. This acts much like a helicopters blades, they cut everthing that they hit at speed.

Wouter