well the project has started.

take one free snapped in half surf board cut its square and start to grind wheel wells.

I'll then glass some wheel arches and any bits where the foam is still exposed, add some tie down straps (old mtb inner tubes).

and i'll be off like a robbers dog.

I'm going to cut the nose flush with the front wheels. it will end up being directional but i'll mount the fins like a twin tip for emergency backwards.

Remember all it needs to do is get up and plane on a down winder angle. there doesn't need to be any more performance than that.

haha.....awsomeness plummet, hope it works...

are you still going for the roll-in surf-out idea then?

if you are ,instead of giving tow-ins with jetskis into waves, we could do tow-outs with a quad from the waves onto the beach!!

nah not role in roll out board yet.

the reason being that if the wheels are exposed then it will have a whole heap more power to get up and plaining. so i'll need way more wind. if i make it with wheel arches with the wheels enclosed i'll have a far bigger wind range.

Oh No, What have you done,
I can't stop thing about the new carbon buggy with a shell like frame and pods over the back wheels to make it into a tri,with two steering drop rudders and roll down flap to cover the front wheel hole when on water
I don't think i'll need to slow down for the river crossings
well not much below 80kms anyway

ah yeah. you see. new challenges require new equipment. and your eyes can open to what else is possible and what other missions can be planned.

Have i talked about the ultimate downwinder to you? punch muriwai. surf the kaipara habour and fang baileys all in one day/Tide.

What do you recon?

ps aim for spring after the moose for the hima-wai official challenge.

pss snapped surfboard is cut and shapped and waiting glassing and wheel arches. maybe a week away from a trial. weather, enthusiasm and time dependant.

Pictures???

plummet wrote:


you scuzzie landboarder don't have the balls

why stop at Baileys, are your arms tired or do you just need a cup of Tea

when you can go all the way to the top of 90 mile and bomb the dune

not finished yet. but i tries to upload and it didn't work i'll try again

fair call. how far from top of baileys to 90 mile? i take its a fair stretch? 50-60km? that may need even more specialist dear.

why do we need to stop at the top? when we can just carry on round and circumnavigate the whole island.

ps at least standing up like a man and not sitting down on the job. hehehe.

this new buggy is going to have so much room in it ,I can fit in the chilly bin, tent,BBQ,kite fishing gear and maybe even a stowaway or two.
now all I need is the misses to go to Germany for a holiday
and I'll have some time to build this beast

plummet wrote:



Fair call, butt... at least I don't hit the wall sitting down

It's only 11kms by sea around Ahipara and on to 90 mile

" when we can just carry on round and circumnavigate the whole island. "

and yup, I have been think about that one too

well , the north island , it's not that big , is it ?

ok then.

first goal. himatangi-waikanai.
second muriwai/baileys/90
third round north island.
forth. race across the tasman.
5th. how far is it to chille?

it starts getting more and more kitesurfy than land based tho.

race accross the outback.
snowkite to the south pole..... oh dear things are just getting a bit silly.

fish gear aye? you could do some trauling and catch kawhai on the crossings for us.!

now here's a mad option for you.

www.rohanveal.com/press.html

hydrofoil your buggy boat!

plummet wrote:


Last I checked boarders still crunch down when it gets a bit too much for them...

Gannet wrote:


Oooooooooh sounds like Moosetruck is getting a rival!

plummet wrote:


Been tried and very sensitive for kiting unless you start adopting the constant power of a kitesurfing rig. Hydrofoils don't have the widest working range and the threshold between providing lift and cavitating is quite narrow. Furthermore the do have a lot of drag to overcome so even when lifting not entirely efficient.

but it looks cool!

Totally and should be smooth on the plane solving the choppy inner harbour issues. Though you'll be knackered trying to keep your boats' speed constant and in control whereas you could definitely cruise all day long on a PL kiteboat.

plummet wrote:



yer, what do you think the BBQ is for smoked fish on the barbie

" Hydrofoils " to techo , K,I,S,S

I was more thinking a kayak with wheels (big wheels)

yep that would work. need to cover those wheels for any great distance on water. if you want to plane that is.

that will also double as your speed attempt buggy. super slippery shape like that is bound to go fast.

completly irrelivent from this topic (alltho it does sound like cool fun), just thought i'd write here cos plummet will read it. i just got a pm from plummet that is dated 25 may 2009! i could have swam the long way around the south island and walked the rest of the way to get messages from him faster
moral of the story is probley don't trust pm's to get to there destination very fast on this forum.

anyway, back to the advertised topic. if they ever let me out of quarentine and i get off the south island i'd love to try the 90miler and see some of the mad inventions you lads come out with.

haha.... thats so long ago i can't even remember why i pm'd you.....

estury board is still in construction. some filler went on last night. sanding tonight.

the build has been hampered by awesome summer conditions. i've been too busy kitesurfing, landboarding, surfing, mountainbiking, longboard skating, playing with the kids, going on business trips......... the list goes on and on and on and on. n...........