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gasteam
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Topic: Advice needed - odd sized team! Posted: 09 Apr 07 at 3:34pm |
Thank you all very much for your thoughts. I must admit I've never sailed a 505 or osprey but I'll definately take a look at them. I think to be honest it's the height of my crew that's a worry to me more than the weight. It's nothing short of miserable sailing a lot of dinghies when you're that tall and I guess that we'd be prepared to forego the trapeze etc for a couple of seasons in the interests of improving without swimming too much... You're probably right "redback", I've spent far too long looking after other folks' sailing skills and not nearly enough time getting slick at racing! Guess we need a compromise between caution and stupidity.. Have sailed both a 470 and a fireball in the past and from what I remember, neither was too easy to fit a tall chap into? Not a huge cat fan. Can't say why really, just didn't have as much fun - tried darts and hobies in the past. Thanks for all the advice though - and I'll keep an eye out for any further musings from wise folk here. |
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foaminatthedeck
Far too distracted from work Joined: 18 May 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Apr 07 at 6:01pm |
I know this might not be the most popular suggestion but why not look at a Wayfairer, the once fitted out for racing are very different animals to those at most sailing school, they are not fast but not that slow either. There is loads of room for large crew and the racing is quite competive. They do well on handy cap.
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Graham T
Posting king Joined: 09 Apr 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 123 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Apr 07 at 9:58pm |
I guess I was in a similar situation at the beginning of last season when I started sailing again after a 20 year break. My wife had never sailed before but was persuaded to try crewing an Osprey - she loved it so much we had our own a fortnight later. After sailing all year we are still very much learning what the boat can do but are still very happy sailing her. There is loads of room (The new mark IV has even more...) and she is very controlable in all winds. We have only capsized three times but she is a doddle to right again. The sheet loads can be a bit heavy but I guess that is true of any large trapeze boat. Having said all that we do have a very active Osprey fleet at Kielder and we get loads of help and encouragement from them. Our challenge for this season is to finish before the rest have got ashore! |
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SetSail
Posting king Joined: 06 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Apr 07 at 10:57pm |
Having looked at all the posts i would agree with the 470/osprey route. seems to make sense. funny thing is i found myself in this sort of situation last year. me 14st odd n about 6'3 with trapeze and fast boat experience with a crew of 9st about 5'8 not so experienced. we sailed an 800.
on paper looks like trouble but the times we did go out it worked well and was a comfortable handful to sail. the trouble i had was having the boat without a regular crew before hand, and the clubs close by aren't overflowing with regular sailors, so in that respect you have an advantage. saw the new osprey at the boat show and was very impressed, might be something i would like to try in the future. other commitments however prevent me from getting on the water much this summer which makes me sad |
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