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Landsailing is a very unique sport! What will they think of next? What a kewl way to cool off in the desert on a hot day. Also known as land yachting. This website is open for comments, stories, articles, video links about landsailing. Use the comments or Contact US link at the bottom of the page.

Wikipedia.org defines landsailing:

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Landsailing is motion across land in a wheeled vehicle powered by wind through the use of a sail. The term comes from analogy with (water) sailing. It has a variety of names in addition to land sailing, Most commonly Sand Yachting or Land Yachting. A vehicle used in land sailing is often called a land yacht. Historically, land sailing has been used by some cultures as a mode of transportation; in modern times, land sailing is primarily a sport and has been practiced as such mainly since the 1950s. Modern land sailors, generally referred to as “Pilots” can go three to four times faster than the wind speed. A gust of wind is considered more beneficial in a land sailing race than a favorable windshift.

Land sailing works best in windy, flat areas - taking place mainly on beaches, air fields, and dry lakebeds (playas) in desert regions.

Land yachts are three wheeled vehicles which work mainly like usual water boats in the way they are sailed, except they are steered by pedals or hand levers. They are sailed from a lying down position.

Here is a youtube.com video of landsailing by iwaysolutions. It’s tag is A high adventure experience with Long Beach Rotary landsailing on the El Mirage Dry Lake Bed in Southern California.

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