Sand/Land Sailing/Yachting

Here on Pen-bre/Pembrey Beach again. I might add the Hercules was back in training. However, unlike yesterday the Hercules actually landed on the beach and then took off again. The sand storm from the engineers was terrifically dense, even from 2.5 miles away.

Today also on the beach were four Land Yachting vehicles. Land sailing, also known as sand yachting or land yachting, is the act of moving across land in a three-wheeled vehicle powered by wind through the use of a sail. The term comes from analogy with (water) sailing. Historically, land sailing was used as a mode of transportation or recreation. Since the 1950s it has evolved primarily into a racing sport.

To operate the craft either by sitting or lying and steered by pedals or hand levers. Land sailing works best in windy, flat areas, and races often take place on beaches, air fields, and dry lake beds in desert regions. Modern land sailors, generally known as "pilots", can go three to four times faster than the wind speed. A gust of wind is considered to be more beneficial in a land sailing race than a favorable windshift.

The weather here is get better each day we're here...