{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Carmarthenshire Land Sailing Club, was formed in 2004 in order to allow

Landsailing Land sailing, also known as sand yachting, land yachting or dirtboating, is the act of moving across land in a wheeled vehicle powered by wind through the use of a sail. The term comes from analogy with (water) sailing. Historically, land sail ...

use of Pembrey Sands ( Cefn Sidan) and

Pendine Pendine ( cy, Pentywyn, "end of the dunes") is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated on the northern shore of Carmarthen Bay and bordered by the communities of Eglwyscummin and Llanddowror, the population at the 2011 cen ...

Sands, in South Wales.

History

The Club, was created from the now defunct, Pendine Wind Sports Club and the Cefn Sidan Landyachting Club, in order to provide a single organisation to allow controlled use of the beaches for Landyachting and associated sports. Access to Pembrey was opened again on 7 November 2004, after a ban was enforced by

Carmarthenshire council Carmarthenshire County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The counc ...

. Access to Pendine was opened again on 28 May 2005, after a similar ban was enforced by

Regulation

Use of the beaches for Landsailing, is restricted to members of Carmarthenshire Land Sailing Club, who hold the specified £5M Public Liability insurance, as stipulated by

. Unfortunately as of December 31, 2007 the club is no longer affiliated to the British Federation of Sand &

Landyacht A land yacht is an informal category of large automobiles. While full-size cars are manufactured worldwide to this day, the term is most often used in reference to full-size cars of American origin between 1960 and 1976. Alongside full-size an ...

Clubs (BFSLYC). The club welcomes members from all aspects of

, including Kite buggys, Speedsails, Blokarts, Land yachts and Kitewings. The only classes of land yacht not permitted on either

or Pembrey are Class 2 Land yachts.

Other Events

The beaches are used annually by arrangement with Carmarthenshire Council to host rounds of the Supercup Race Series, and in September 2007, hosted the 2007 European Parakart Championships at Pembrey. There is now some discussion going on between club members as to the direction of the club. Some members wish to take the club in a more social direction while some wish to keep it more of a hardcore landsailing club.

External links

Carmarthenshire Land Sailing Club

British Federation of Sand & Land Yacht Clubs

Carmarthenshire County Council

Parakart Association (PKA)

www.theblsa.com Yacht clubs in Wales Buildings and structures in Carmarthenshire Sport in Carmarthenshire 2004 establishments in Wales