Talk:Land sailing

History
I wondered if anyone could fill in any information about the history of land sailing, particularly when it was first practiced as a sport or recreational activity in Western culture. I noticed that land sailing was mentioned peripherally in Neal Stephenson's novel Quicksilver, which is set in the late 17th century, but I can't find any historical evidence as to whether this is accurate or not. Anyone want to elucidate? --Kadin2048 23:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I've added the main point at which it became popular as a sport, around the 1950s, but I dont really have any more info than that. I agree that some history would be good, I will try and hunt some down. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vwozone (talk • contribs) 15:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

Wind wagons
I have been perusing ancient atlases and could only locate J. Speed's Kingdome of China wind-wagon illustration on his 1626 map. However, I have been unable to locate some of the illustrations cited by Needham in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and Mercator's Atlas (Library of Congress copies). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiminywu (talk • contribs) 16:45, 8 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Jiminywu, it's not our job to worry about primary sources. That's why we use primarily secondary sources per WP:SCHOLARSHIP. Thanks for trying to verify the material, however! (And please remember to sign your posts in Talk pages with ~ !) Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 17:33, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

About Merging Land Sailing with the Land Yacht Wiki
I agree that merging these two topics is a good idea. Warm regards -Pete Lyons —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.104.191.40 (talk) 05:04, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

I agree too. it is a bit confusing, particularly as the two articles are fundamentally indentical. Keeping Land Sailing would be better.--Vwozone 15:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Not a good idea because when people search for land sailing, then they won't find it, and someone else will just create the page again. We should have this page, if only to have a small amount of information and its purpose is to point people to the land yachting page. I am of the opinion that it would hurt search results if this page was not here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.51.211.3 (talk) 18:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Regardless of what happens it wouldn't be recreated because it would redirect there. In nearly all cases of mergers the article redirects and is not deleted. It wouldn't be recreated. Radagast83 03:40, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

BloKart
I've added a reference to bloKart in the article on Aston Down. Would someone like to start a brief article on bloKart? --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)--NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * PS I see that there was an objection to a previous BK article on the grounds that it appeared to be advertising a commercial company. I'm sure an article could be written in more general terms.  After all, if there are UK & European championships it's no longer the preserve of one company—or is it? --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:43, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I have added some content about blokart. Disclosure: I am a participant in blokart sailing, and an elected member of the New Zealand Blokart Association, but my edits are not endorsed by the manufacturer. - I have tried to keep it as objective as possible, bearing in mind the comment above. (However I cannot dig up the original article to see what was considered objectionable advertising). I have added a paragraph about Blokarts under classes, and a section on Blokart Racing. Yes blokart is made by one company - like the standard class. As blokart as a sport has grown, the International Blokart Racing Committee has been formed with members representing participating countries to maintain the rules.

Also added a link to the New Zealand Blokart Assoc as it hosts the IBRA rule book. The link to blokart heaven - while a commercial enterprise is interesting due to the fact it is a purpose built track, which is rare for this sport. I have heard that there is another track somewhere in a Caribbean, but I am not aware of any others.

I hope my edits expand this article and provide information that apply for land sailing in general.

I do believe there is a conflict between the IBRA give way rules and FISLY give way rules on a beach. But I have not sailed under FISLY rules so I cannot elaborate. IBRA rules allow for venue dependent modifications - so where is the problem blokart sailors can be instructed to fit in with FISLY. Landsailor (talk) 00:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Land sailing clubs
I just restored a number of links to land sailing clubs which another editor had removed, believing they were spam. Here's my explanation... I'm not a participant in this hobby/sport. Though I have met a few at the Black Rock Desert while I was there either for launching high-power rockets or for camping. It seems that the land sailing clubs and organizations are few in number, most or all based on a land sailing venue, and make up the sum total of the sport. That makes them relevant to coverage of the topic. Even for editors who are extremists about calling everything spam, this has at least wide latitude for "benefit of the doubt" that they are not simply spam. In order to have an objective criteria, I propose that a link on this page is relevant if the organization is a national/regional land sailing organization or any club which has its own venue, because this sport is dependent upon suitable and somewhat rare geography. Other criteria may also be acceptable after discussion on the talk page establishes its relevance to coverage of the topic. Ikluft (talk) 16:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

SPAM
Permission to clean up all spam?Janmarques (talk) 10:32, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

My experience

 * I once had to obey the "steam gives way to sail" rule - on land! I was riding my motorcycle along a cart track near the North Sea and I met a sand yacht coming the other way. So I stopped and let it pass. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:33, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Absent Information
While it's nice to that the article contains at least a little information about the history, classing and materials used in land yachts, information such as how one steers a land yacht or the rigging involved would be useful to anyone (such as myself) attempting to research land-sailing. The article briefly mentions pedals and hand-levers, but how are they employed? Atypicaloracle (talk) 22:12, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Temple 195
This article cites "Temple, 195" a total of four times, but includes no information on what "Temple" might be. I'm going to try and figure it out but I'm leaving this note here in case I give up. Dranorter (talk) 05:48, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks, Dranorter. I think that I found the source and fixed the ref, based on a snippet view in Google. HopsonRoad (talk) 20:46, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thank you HopsonRoad! Now I can go read the ref! Dranorter (talk) 20:39, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

New speed sailing record
Needs to be added (once it is ratified): On 12 December 2022 Glenn Ashby set a new record: 138.2 mph. https://www.yachtingworld.com/americas-cup/emirates-team-new-zealand-set-land-speed-record-pace-142226 Hambleton (talk) 19:30, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Can also be standing position and steered with the feet
Article says that "they are operated from a sitting or lying position and steered by pedals or hand levers.". The Norbert Blanc Speedsail is stood upon and steered with the feet in the same way as a skateboard. 2A00:23C6:1683:EE01:EDEC:7EDF:D3F5:CDB1 (talk) 16:40, 5 August 2023 (UTC)