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One of the sections of the 
mast (the 30 mm diameter 
one) can have a stop ring; 
in that case, you don't 
need one of these red 
plastic adjustment strips 
(picture 20). 

In order to prevent any 
movement of the red 
strips, we recommend you 
secure them with some 
tape (picture 21).

 

 

The top part of the mast is 
fitted with a screwed ball 
in order to support the 
webbing of the top of the 
sail (picture 22). 

 

Unfold your sail on the ground and insert the mast into 
the mast pocket of the sail (picture 23).  

Should you have chosen the Dacron® sail with a reef 
(sail surface reduction by strong wind) (it is a white non 
transparent sail), then when you rig your sail the mast will be 
too long, so you will have to form your top webbing. Let 
approximately 10 to 15 cm to adjust the top webbing as on 
pictures 24. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture 20: view of 
the 30 mm diameter 
mast section and of 
its stop ring. 

Picture 21: view of 
how to hold a red strip 
in place using some 
black tape. 

Picture 22: view of the 
top of the mast. 

Picture 23: 

view of the 

rigging of the 

sail. 

Picture 24: view of 

the procedure to 

form the top mast 

webbing. 

Summary of Contents for LUDIC

Page 1: ...1 Type LUDIC Assembly and Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...dly Your LUDIC will be delivered split in three or two packages depending on the type of wheels you ordered all ground big wheels or not picture 1 If you have received your landyacht by a carrier please pay particular attention to the package when you unpack it If the package is damaged and if the deliveryman is still there please note a delivery claims on the shipping documents If the deliveryman...

Page 3: ...s on the ground and assemble your landyacht following the explanations hereafter Picture 2 view of some components that have been received rear axles Picture 3 another view of other components also received rudder bar wheel body Picture 6 view of the front tiller stored under the front of the body Picture 5 part of the rudder bar Picture 4 open each pocket ...

Page 4: ... screws picture 10 An alen key is into the transparent little plastic bag along with some spare parts select preferably the least inflated of the 3 Type B quick encasing front block In that case the complete front part will already be assembled So you only have to encase the foot rest alloy tubes like the handbar of a scooter and encase the front complete block into the adjustable tiller pictures ...

Page 5: ...ear wheels on the axles Encase the rear axles into the axles support picture 14 and tighten them to their support using the black butterfly nut under the seat picture 15 Pictures 11 mounting of the type B steering Picture 12 mounting of the tiller Picture 13 all ground version with the big wheel Picture 14 mounting a rear axle on the body Picture 15 view of the butterfly nut to tighten for locking...

Page 6: ...ure 18 The assembly of your frame is now completed See how easy it was Rig assembly Open the sail bag and assemble the mast sections together You have several mast sections picture 19 a Encase them to each other picture 19 b All the sections interlock to each other you will see that you cannot be wrong Between each section of the mast insert a red plastic strip in order to adjust all the sections ...

Page 7: ... mast into the mast pocket of the sail picture 23 Should you have chosen the Dacron sail with a reef sail surface reduction by strong wind it is a white non transparent sail then when you rig your sail the mast will be too long so you will have to form your top webbing Let approximately 10 to 15 cm to adjust the top webbing as on pictures 24 Picture 20 view of the 30 mm diameter mast section and o...

Page 8: ...have to guide the sheet correctly through the pulleys so that you can adjust the tension of the sail picture 27 Picture 25 view of the landyacht rigging operation Picture 26 view of the two types for the shape of the rear of the sail standard left and round right Picture 27 these images show how the sail sheet travels through the pulleys Right detail of the securing of the sheet to the boom rear p...

Page 9: ... 4 bar for the front wheel note that the maximum pressure for these sand wheels is 1 Bar or 15 PSI How to carry your LUDIC landyacht To travel by plane and load everything into the main bag get the sail battens out and fold the sail picture 28 then enter all the mast sections into each other picture 29 Options Back rest If you don t have it don t worry you ll be able to get it later However you ll...

Page 10: ...titor Suppose you want to run and push your landyacht at the start and jump into it when it starts moving Then you may find practical building a steering stick by yourself For that just consider a simple electric PVC tube and 2 little ropes about 40 cm long one rope through the seat to hold the PVC tube and the second rope into the end of the tube locked by a stainless screw Then drill a hole thro...

Page 11: ...mended to narrow it by cutting a third of it as shown on picture 36 Thus this narrower strip should allow a better matching of the two sliding lengths of the tubes picture 37 Picture 34 basic system to steer the landyacht when pushing it Picture 36 cutting a third of the red strip Picture 35 the top right tube can hardly slide into the bottom left tube of the mast Picture 37 new mounting with the ...

Page 12: ...nless steel components if you detect incipient rust it s not a big deal as it is well known that in certain circumstances such as beach conditions mixture of salt and sand even stainless steel may experience some minor corrosion To clean this rust use an abrasive sponge as this corrosion is only superficial Check the steering system if the fork pivot makes noise just add a drop of oil As concerns ...

Page 13: ...e landyacht power Thus keep thinking easing the sail sheet enough in order to at first thing stabilize horizontally the extrados dogvane When riding if you notice the extrados dogvane is shaking randomly this means the air flow is turbulent and that the sail is too flat When this happens check free the sail sheet to get the power back to help catching the draught you can even head on to the wind g...

Page 14: ... you have to ride downwind I mean towards a location forcing you to move with the wind blowing from your back then tacking like a sail boat is more efficient in a same way you would do if you had to progress up wind but having a downwind instead of a head wind However you will have to bring the landyacht by the lee each time you will have to change direction picture 42 If you tack downwind and you...

Page 15: ...ht speed Thus if the landyacht speed is very high the wind felt on the landyacht will appear as blowing almost from the front close to the landyacht direction You have a similar feeling when you drive at 130 km h on the highway and you put one hand out of the car should a moderate cross wind blows you will nevertheless feel a wind blowing from the front of the car even if you see the trees leaning...

Page 16: ...of the landyacht and landyacht equipment s evolutions in order to provide you with the latest technical developments of our products Should you have any technical question or request about spare parts please feel free to get in touch with Jean Philippe Krischer at krischer seagull fr Chars à Voile SEAGULL Statue de la Liberté 56880 PLOEREN FRANCE Phone 33 297 400 600 Website www seagull fr Speed g...

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