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Land Sailing

Land sailing is sailing on land: a land-yacht/sand-yacht vehicle uses wind and sail on a hard open surface such as beach, salt flat or playa. `strandsegeln` is treated as a German alias route to land sailing.

LevelVariant FamilyAir Sport CategoryWind / land sport

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Classification

Category Wind / land sport

Family Air Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Land sailing is sailing on land: a land-yacht/sand-yacht vehicle uses wind and sail on a hard open surface such as beach, salt flat or playa.

Geeignet für Fits if you like wind tactics and speed but do not want water, you accept large open areas and club/regatta organisation, you want to combine sailing technique with vehicle handling.

Cost Event/club session with rental vehicle is sensible; owning a land-yacht setup is expensive. Club/event fees, land yacht/blokart, helmet/protection, transport and suitable surface. Land-sailing club, FISLY/NALSA-adjacent group, sand-yacht club or blokart offer. Surface, wind and safety spacing decide the entry.

First progress Basic steering quickly; safe speed and course choice need wind practice.

Fitness level low to medium

Was du brauchst

Land yacht/sand yacht, helmet, gloves/protection, open firm surface, wind check, club supervision and clear driving zones.

First steps

Start through a land-sailing club or event provider: wind direction, braking/steering, right-of-way rules and low speed on an open surface.
Look for a FISLY/NALSA-adjacent club, sand-yacht club, blokart/land-yacht offer, dry playa or approved beach area.

Look for a FISLY/NALSA-adjacent club, sand-yacht club, blokart/land-yacht offer, dry playa or approved beach area.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags vehicle, land-sailing, air-sport, luftsport, wind-landsport, landsegeln, wind-land-sport, strandsegeln

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Use wind and land yacht to complete the announced land course legally faster or better placed.

Teilnehmer

One pilot per land yacht.

Teamgröße

Individual.

Spielfeld

Marked land-sailing course on firm open surface.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Time, placing, laps and class score under FISLY/event rules.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

land yacht/sand yacht
sail/rig
helmet
protection
approved surface

Wichtige Regelpunkte

right-of-way breach
course error
unsafe surface use
class/equipment breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Federation Internationale de Sand et Land Yachting
Federation Internationale de Sand et Land Yachting (FISLY)
North American Land Sailing Association (NALSA)

Rules FISLY · federation · high
NALSA North American Land Sailing Association · federation · high
NALSA Rules North American Land Sailing Association · rulebook · high