Rise Of The Ok etc

*gets a bag of popcorn ready for the GRF rant.......

I can never understand why people find OK's visually attractive. They do nothing for me.

I had an old OK once.  I was trailling it somewhere, stopped at lights and the car behind braked so hard its bonnet dipped down so it came up under the OK and smashed its windscreen and bonnet to bits.  The ok was unscathed thought a little less snug on the trailer.

I never sailed it much.  It the time I was too light and found it really hard work.  I wouldn't mind one now to replace the classic solo for which I am too heavy.

Originally posted by winging it Originally posted by iGRF from the man with the EPS....

My former helm and really good friend has just bought another OK.  For him it represented the best value vs. sailing.  HE wants to sail against the top helms in the country (Jim Hunt, Charlie Cumbley, Andy Couch all recently sailed one) and have a boat he can race week in week out at his sailing club.  He is a very, very good sailor and the boat works for him.  I loved my old OK, really great boat to sail at a time when i did not have a great deal of money.  I struggled to get it to perform to its PY against Solo's, but would suggest that was more down to me than the class itself.  Its a big class worldwide, but falls into the same catagory as boats like the Solo in the UK which is fairly crowded.  I am glad that numbers are swelling again over here.