Home Made Landsailer: The Garelli 5000

Another still-frame old project, this one from back in 2013. I've got a good friend who is really into kiting (and kite-boarding, and kite-buggying, etc), and he convinced me to make a landsailer so we could go have wind-powered vehicle adventures together. I didn't really know anything about them, but I know how to sail and I know how to weld, so it seemed like a fun project.

I've seen them called land sailers, sail carts, land yachts, and blow carts, plus I'm sure two or three others I'm forgetting. Really, it's just vehicle with a sail and wheels (typically three). I looked at some pictures online, sketched some things out, did a cursory stress analysis, ordered steel, and got after it.

It came out great, if I do say so myself. It'll double the wind speed on salt flats, which I though was pretty impressive. Plus it's fun to sail and turns a lot of heads wherever I take it.

Anyway, the video covers some choice build photos with a simplified narrative, for anyone who might be interested. Enjoy.