Any Ideas?

   Is there a singlehanded trapeze/spinniker boat out there for a 

lighweight person? (ie 8 stone) I want to helm but fancy 

something more exciting than a laser etc.  Any ideas? Thanks

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Beebe Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 25 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Beebe Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Any Ideas? Posted: 25 Mar 05 at 9:25pm
	Is there a singlehanded trapeze/spinniker boat out there for a lighweight person? (ie 8 stone) I want to helm but fancy something more exciting than a laser etc. Any ideas? Thanks

ioanlavery Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 08 Dec 04 Location: Wales Online Status: Offline Posts: 100	Post Options Post Reply Quote ioanlavery Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 05 at 9:37pm
	singlehanded trapeze boats tend to have adjustable racks these days,(RS600/RS700/MustoSkiff) so no matter what weight you are you can correct with the racks and corrector weights. Although, at 8stone might be a bit of a handful - not to mention jumping out to the racks and back in ! (unless you're 6ft+ tall !)
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Beebe Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 25 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Beebe Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 05 at 9:42pm
	Unfortunately not - 5 foot 3 at best! Am I better off in a laser radial then?

ioanlavery Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 08 Dec 04 Location: Wales Online Status: Offline Posts: 100	Post Options Post Reply Quote ioanlavery Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 05 at 9:46pm
	not necessarily ... guess it'll come down to what experience you have of trapezing. What about a twin trapeze boat? At least you can then get a heavy crew to help equalise the weight !!
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Contender443 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 01 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1211	Post Options Post Reply Quote Contender443 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 05 at 10:25pm
	I think there is a definite market place here for a lightweigt trapeze single hander for juniors, ladies and smaller men. I am 6 foot tall and 87kg and obviously sail a Contender. Black No Sugar fancies a go on my boat but in the long term she would struggle. In particular righting after a capsize - the weight of the rig plus water on the sail makes it hard. I am sure this is also the case with the other boats mentioned. Then for some light weights the sheet loads may also be too much and finally handling the boat on the beach. Why should the Laser radial, 4.7, Topper or Byte be the only options?
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Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 05 at 10:44pm
	the other optons are 1: dont worry about the trapeeze and get an mx-ray or a concept 302 but neither are being made anymore or have a class association. (then again you could modify them to high heaven and still sail off the old handicap with noone the wiser) Or 2: get a two handed boat, there are plenty to choose from, and you are about the right weight to crew on most of the smaller trapeeze/asymmetric boats on the market. Secret option C: get someone to design a 'youth' version of the musto skiff/700
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Harry44981! Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 736	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harry44981! Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Mar 05 at 9:44am
	Yup- I would say your at least a stone too light for a radial as well if you want to be competitve, you'd be more suited to a 4.7.

carshalton fc Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jan 05 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 2337	Post Options Post Reply Quote carshalton fc Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Mar 05 at 10:25am
	the lasers are good but i can see what beebe wants and it doent excist at the moment!
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hydrographer20 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 11 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 867	Post Options Post Reply Quote hydrographer20 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Mar 05 at 10:30am
	no there is a deffinate market for that kind\ of area because after a while toppers and lasers are so standard they become rarther boring. i can thinkof a high performance dinghy for light weight sailors because they are ususally to hard to handle
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Mike278 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 09 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 256	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike278 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Mar 05 at 11:19am
	It also depends on how competitive you want to be, as if you just want to have fun and don't mind the odd swim on windy days then you could sail an RS600/700, or other performance singlehanders. Alternatively you could helm a twin wire cherub, and find a bigger crew.
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