Land Yachting Cornwall

The immense popularity of Landyachting in Cornwall means on some beaches such as Perranporth, Gwithian and Watergate Bay, beachcombers have to look both ways.

Weighing in at a svelte 30kg, the triple wheeled, sharkfin sailed, Land yachts are powered by gusts of wind and is pretty much considered the second best thing you can do lying down. It can also be assembled from the boot of a car in a matter of minutes.

The preferred landyachting and blokarting territories for novices and experts are flat beaches, airfields (preferably disused and absent of incoming light aircraft), and dry lakebeds (playas) in desert areas. Cornish landyachting favours the county's famous flat beaches and the phenomenal wind that blows off the Atlantic ocean.

This sport is rising in popularity, even cropping up in Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novel, Sahara.

One of the largest international events in the sport are the European championships, in which competitors of all classes from all over Europe travel to a sand yachting venue for a week long competition. The next of these is to take place at Wirral Sand Yacht Club on Hoylake beach in September 2007.

Below you will find all the information you need on landyachting in Cornwall, including details on instructional landyachting courses for all ages, landyachting workshops, landyachting schools, landyachting academies, and landyachting clubs.