sand yacht

(Nautical Terms) a wheeled boat with sails, built to be propelled over sand, esp beaches, by the wind

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sand yacht

n → Strandsegler m

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A man was yesterday cleared of the manslaughter of a mother of two who was struck by a sand yacht as she strolled along a beach with her family.

Racer cleared over death of mother, 38

| Reader Jean Downham, of Marske took this picture of a sand yacht racing on Redcar beach, with the wind turbines in the distance

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AHOY: Sand Yacht's in preparation on Hoylake beach ahead of the racing on Monday Picture by: TRACEY O'NEILL to170907

Launch of world sand yacht race

Hoylake's Wirral Sand Yacht Club is hosting the 24-hour Kite Buggy Challenge, in an attempt to smash the current international distance record of 197 miles.

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A woman was killed on a family picnic with her two sons when she was 'violently struck' by a sand yacht, a court heard yesterday.

Woman died in sand yacht horror crash

This is the Opal Coast, where the beaches are so smooth and wide you can actually get a sand yacht, hoist the sail and zoom along at high speed.

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Hoylake's Wirral Sand Yacht Club hosts this year's 24 hour Kite Buggy Challenge as teams from as far away as Germany compete to set a new record.

Wirral beach plays host to world-record attempt

Two boys watched in horror as a sand yacht careered into their mother and killed her.

Sand yacht killed mum

A 38-year-old woman died after she was hit by a sand yacht on a beach in front of her two children.

Mother killed in sand yacht tragedy

The sport has been banned at both beaches after an accident in Lancashire where a person walking on St Annes beach died after colliding with a sand yacht.

Beach wind-sail ban lifted