Differences between Splash and Flash?

The hostility to the CII rig came mostly from the north American sailors, where it is much more established youth class, however the standard or classic rig as we now call it, is pretty much dead for international contests as far as I can tell and doesn't support quite as wide a weight band.  The hulls last forever as well, the guy who came a very convincing second in the open this weekend is ahem (forgive me Ray) well seasoned, as is his boat, but he was certainly not lacking for boatspeed except against the very good sailor who came first.  The competetive age range is really good as well from a kids right up to the more mature.  DO IT you know you want to!!!

a C11 thingy sailed at my club once a couple of weeks ago. it went about the same speed as the lasers. it did have john pink in it though.

Thanks for that. It's always good to hear from people that have actually
sailed the boat in question.

In fact it would be good to hear from some Splash / Flash sailors!
Anybody out there?

Jack - the simple message is 40Kg and up can sail the boat very competitively, as can those up to 70 to 75 Kg.

Your missus at 48kg would be absolutely fine.

Chris249 - my opinion is that the CII rig works extremely well - balancing traveller, mainsheet, kicker and downhaul lets you get the leech exactly where you want it to be and the fullness in the sail where it needs to be and the gust response is superb.  I can't claim to having masses of time in the boat but in Phuket I sailed against a kid from the japanese yout squad in 5 - 8kts.  He was about 50kg and we were essentially neck & neck around the course so I would say I was still competitive.

world champ weighs 73kgs, top team in the world IMHO comes from singapore weight low!!  It is an excellent rig.  I'm at the top end 68kgs and have only just started in the boat and was competetive aginst 2 europes in force 1 gusting 2 sailed by 2 decent sailors who are loads lighter than me.  They beat me by 2 mins in a 70 min race so about right on handicap and i've still got lots learn about the boat.