lachlan3556 said..
Hi everyone. Hope everyone is enjoying the quiet time before sailing season. Just wanted to post the link to a newer Kingston 2014 video as I have now completed it as much as I can (good old Windows Movie Maker strikes again).

Saltylips sent me some footage that his mad group captured and I thought it would look good included (omitting the nudity of course). Resolution is on the lowish side but not everyone has ADSL2+ and the vid is a little long... Next year I hope to bring along a dedicated camera operator

Thanks to all who contributed and made the event the best yet!





Please enjoy.

Lachlan, many thanks for putting the vid together. You have been very generous in showing all the land yachts and very little of yours. Your 720 spinout with flip that broke your mast and left you upside down was excellent! but not recorded.
Our group sailed four different yachts, Kev on a wooden platform, Max had his trombone (the whole capsule could be pulled up to weather) and his Birdsville yacht with electric powered hub assist and my yacht. You had your two yachts, one was a paddock basher with 14" car tyres that pulled some awesome speeds, as well as your mini, which outperformed everybody. Acceleration was phenomenal. Beachball had a small stable as well. His blowkart was quick and easy to sail. Thanks Tony for a run in your blowkart, it really is a well put together product, I could get to like it. A leetle twitchy for me, but very enjoyable. Your other yacht was a sleek 70's production model, sorree forget the name of it, but the lake bed was to damp for you to give it a run. But, the coolest looking yacht with fibreglass pod and faring out along the back axles.
<div>Doqo turned up with a freshly minted mini landyacht and had some good runs. We had a scary biker wheel up who got excited talking about his landyachts from the 70's. I asked where he was from, said something like, Snowtown a "barrel of fun".
Lachlan's dog is cool too.
I enjoy the concept of social sailing with emphasis on being somewhere and sailing to enjoy the wind. Thank you to Lachlan and Tony for their efforts in organising the Play on the Clay at Kingston.

Saltylips said..
Lachlan, many thanks for putting the vid together. You have been very generous in showing all the land yachts and very little of yours. Your 720 spinout with flip that broke your mast and left you upside down was excellent! but not recorded.
Our group sailed four different yachts, Kev on a wooden platform, Max had his trombone (the whole capsule could be pulled up to weather) and his Birdsville yacht with electric powered hub assist and my yacht. You had your two yachts, one was a paddock basher with 14" car tyres that pulled some awesome speeds, as well as your mini, which outperformed everybody. Acceleration was phenomenal. Beachball had a small stable as well. His blowkart was quick and easy to sail. Thanks Tony for a run in your blowkart, it really is a well put together product, I could get to like it. A leetle twitchy for me, but very enjoyable. Your other yacht was a sleek 70's production model, sorree forget the name of it, but the lake bed was to damp for you to give it a run. But, the coolest looking yacht with fibreglass pod and faring out along the back axles.
<div>Doqo turned up with a freshly minted mini landyacht and had some good runs. We had a scary biker wheel up who got excited talking about his landyachts from the 70's. I asked where he was from, said something like, Snowtown a "barrel of fun".
Lachlan's dog is cool too.
I enjoy the concept of social sailing with emphasis on being somewhere and sailing to enjoy the wind. Thank you to Lachlan and Tony for their efforts in organising the Play on the Clay at Kingston.

lachlan3556 said..
Just wanted to say I won't be able to get to Kingston SE until the Thursday the 22nd, and will be leaving on Monday the 26th. Sorry if this causes any issues. Anyone is still welcome to set up on the clay on the 21st though

An idea we have had is to camp/set-up further down the lake to get a better view of the sailing action. Usually we set up right in the south-western corner but noticed a lot of the sailing occurs out of sight. Attached is a map showing where we were thinking. If no one gets to the lake before me I might even move up a little further, depending on lake surface conditions.