Land sailing
（重定向自Sand Yachting）
![An early 20th-century sail wagon in Brooklyn, New York](/Images/godic/202502/09/Sail_wagon_edit11437.jpg")
![Flora's Wagon of Fools by Hendrik Pot (c. 1637)](/Images/godic/202502/09/Hendrik_Gerritsz._Pot_0011437.jpg")
![Land yachts designed by Simon Stevin in the year 1600](/Images/godic/202502/09/Simon_Stevins_zeilwagen_voor_Prins_Maurits_16491437.jpg")
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Land sailing, also known as 'sand yachting' or 'land yachting', 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 sailing was used as a mode of transportation or recreation. Since the 1950s it has evolved primarily into a racing sport.