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The term "land yacht" began to appear in the late 1950s, as full-size luxury cars began to grow in size independently from mainstream nameplates. [7] Initially descriptive of the high level of comfort features and soft ride, land yachts were designed "for the open road where living room-comfortable seats made the front seat seem like a plush couch with a windshield and steering wheel in front ...
Land sailing, also known as sand yachting, land yachting or dirtboating, [1] entails overland travel with a sail-powered vehicle, similar to sailing on water. [2] Originally, a form of transportation or recreation , it has evolved primarily into a racing sport since the 1950s.
A Belgian Class 3 competition land yacht Wind-powered vehicles derive their power from sails , kites or rotors and ride on wheels—which may be linked to a wind-powered rotor—or runners. Whether powered by sail, kite or rotor, these vehicles share a common trait: As the vehicle increases in speed, the advancing airfoil encounters an ...
The yacht achieved a dead downwind speed of about 2.8 times the speed of the wind. [1] [18] On June 16, 2012, Blackbird set the world's first certified record for going directly upwind, without tacking, using only power from the wind. The yacht achieved a dead upwind speed of about 2.1 times the speed of the wind. [1]
The Blokart is a popular one-design class of small compact land yacht, manufactured by the New Zealand-based company Blokart International Ltd. [1] They can be quickly disassembled and packed into a carry-bag giving them a high degree of portability and are designed to be particularly easy to learn to sail and safe to use.
The World Landsailing Organisation or Fédération Internationale de Sand et Landyachting (FISLY), is an international organisation which governs national associations of land sailing worldwide. The federation was founded [ 2 ] in April 1962 by representatives from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain.
Greenbird is the fifth in a series of wind-powered land vehicles that Jenkins had constructed in his efforts to break the speed record. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] Jenkins said he had been trying to break the record for the past ten years in different locations, such as Australia , Britain , and the United States , but weather conditions were not suitable for ...
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