Topic: cart

Old Newbies report ;-) After a couple of sessions in the BPP, I turned up at Karioitahi a couple of weeks ago with my Trademe acquired kart to find out what Blokarting was all...

Originally sent by: Nigel Cavanah Hi Peter, quite right on the axle thing, however you might find alot of carts out there, with a white sail i.e. Volvo Preduction Karts (Very kool and fast). Are you coming up for the Open this year, it would be great to meet you, and confalb a little bit more over a couple of beers.

Originally sent by: Clinton Hi there everyone On behalf of the Melbourne Blokart Club, I would like to congratulate Blokart, BAI and all the organisers on a fantastic NZ open. Even with the lack of wind we (Paul’s children) all had a fantastic time meeting old rivals and friends and also meeting our distant Blokarting cousins from the USA, Spain, Belgium, Japan, Holland and New Zealand.

Originally sent by: ben Hello Gents, We were on the beach at Balnarring, with Cliff who is a quad i.e.: can any move his elbows/​ shoulders. We took Cliff down the beach in his cart with a Pod went back to get our carts, when we returned Cliff had been sailing down near the water, went to do a turn with massive understeer & ended up in the water. By the time we go to him he was floating/​ sailing along at a depth of my waist.

Originally sent by: Grant Hi Marg Check whether Russell's replaced the can (give it a test blast) – it had run out of puff last Thursday. I hope they've not taken the wind with them, and that we can boast a great blast this arvo. Send Russell an sms tomorrow morning and return the favour.

Originally sent by: Bruce Hi Marg, First tip (from Les in Tauranga) we learnt about sail assembly is don't fold it, roll it up complete with battens and boom – sticks a out of the sail bag a bit and wont fit in the kart bag of course but still quite convenient in the car. Saves creases and having to insert battens on windy days!

Originally sent by: Amy Hi Joe, Bob Casey here from blokarts of Northern Nevada. A blokart is by far the best choice of a landsailer because of its compact size and all of the optional equipment you can get for them. The sport model is your best bet. It's our middle of the line & very durable. I've used them on both beaches and dry lakes. All three carts' upper components are about the same for wear & tear.

Originally sent by: Deb Davidson Hello Russell, Colin and I are in auck tomorrow from the Bay, bringing the carts for saturday wheres Kariotahi understand its on the way to pukekohe. Can you give me directions. Met you at our club day at baypark once.

Originally sent by: Clinton Hi there all Being in the heavy weight class and over 105ks I have found that in rig tuning the battens are more important than downhaul. I run in heavy airs, a super tight top batten at slowly ease them off as they come down to allow for shape. In light airs I run the battens very soft so the sail will fall into its natural shape. The downhaul I believe sould not be over used as it flattens the sail to much.