Gday Friends in the South,
I'm a 65 year old landsailer from No. California who sails the Alvord Desert in Southeastern Oregon. The playa is 5+ miles wide and 10 miles long and is in the shadow of the Steens Mountains-a mystical and little used spot.
I acquired a Pacific Magic last year and would like to find someone onsite that would be willing to give me some advice on sail trim and general maintenance.






Thanks,
Dennis

Thanks for adding another holiday destination to my list Dennis.
there seems to be alot of sheeting mayhem going on with the PM. I'm wondering if some of it is fighting other bits . could you please indulge my eye and take a photo with the sail FULLY sheeted and yourself sitting in the yacht. I do want to see how the whole sail sits rather than just the boom.
Are the wheels plastic ,or Ally. ?this is important as the plastic wheels will tend to go the all over the place at speed on your clay surface. I believe you guys refer to this a 'squirrely' .
out of interest how does the FED 5 sail compared to the PM. yours are the best photos Ive seen of a FED 5 and I get a feeling that some of the problems I found over time with the PM were sorted out in the FED 5 design by Mike Hampton right from the beginning.
Looks like a beautiful place to sail
cheers Paul

Hi DMCFAL, welcome, I now that yacht. I am sure I ran over it back in 2004 :) It is good to see an Aussie built yacht has made it that far across the planet. Good sailing.

Welcome to the forum George, its good to have you onboard!!

I'm sure one of our resident designer builders will be able to answer all of your questions, but while you're waiting for them to turn up, have a read of the top post under the construction section where Paul (Landyacht) details how to build a Lefroy Mini and also if you look under "News" in the top blue bar then "Articles", you'll find a complete set of instructions to build a Pacific Magic.

Cheers

Phil

Appreciate th feed back guys. Landyacht I like your sence of humor. It will probably have to be a yank tank . Its going to have to haul me and the missus and possibly the weener (dog). Landyacht! life is to short to take things to serious. Personaly I'm not a competator. At my age you just try to have fun and enjoy life. We used to own a sailboat until the economy went south and the cost of living went north. I think a land boat will reqiure less maintenance and cheaper to store. I was thinking of using the yoke of a motor cycle with part of the frame tubes and a short fork. Can pick one up at a local motor cycle junk shop for a $100US It's going to have to be an assembly that will slide in and pin to the rest of the frame which Im hopeing to use 2 1/4 in. X ,125 in wall ally. round tube. It's my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong, that round tubing is stronger tha square? I went to the news tab as suggested. Thats not a bad looking rig. Well, its getting late. I'll chat with you mates later, thanks again.

Landyaght thanks I truly see the wisdom in what you said about starting small and I shall. How about somthing like the Manta class? Would that be to big of a project? I'll look at the minis. Thanks again.

Hellooooow good people down under! Hows the weather? I wen't and looked at the mini and I like it. I do have a few questions. 1. What is the distance between the front of the mast tube and the point of the keel, minus the yoke? 2. What is the angle to the tilt of the mast tube? 3. What thread was the discution on the mast and boom? Is it the one by Hill? 4. Where can a person get that plastic or teflon fork that rides on the mast attached to the boom? On a sail boat I beleve it called the goose neck. OOOh, yes what do you use on top of the mast to keep from punching a hole threw the pocket? Hope thats not to much to ask at one time! Well, Im starting to look for the materials. I gave away my torch and tanks, now I hope I can borrow them. That's what happens when you think you don't need somthing ever again. Going thew the phone book I found most places deal in whole sale metals. I did find one salvage place, there your kind of limited on what they have at the time. I,m not giving up. My plans are to make it my winter project. Please, I look forward to the answers to those questions to add to my notes. Landyacht those are a couple of nice looking minis . What size sails are on them? Looks like on one the sail is tied to the top of the mast. Well I said to much already plus the missus says it time for supper. THANKS ALOT GUYS YOUR A BIG HELP.

Thanks Gizmo! I personally would not have thought of those things. I'm hoping Landyacht will answer my questions. All except the one asking the measurement from the mast tube to front point of the chassis/keel. I found the answer in one of his drawings where it gives the measurement from the axle to mast tube. The other can be figured from there.