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tack'ho 
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 Topic: solo for a lightweight??Posted: 05 Aug 09 at 5:26pm |
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Can i just point out that Jack Holt designed the Streaker when his Solo got too heavy to pull up the slipway.....Now what does this tell us about the Streaker?!?!
ps. This may not be factually correct, but I never let the truth stand in the way of a good story! |
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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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Rob.e
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Posted: 25 Jul 09 at 10:25am |
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I was quite happy at 11.5 stone, but much happier at 12. If you are good enough and fit enough I would say about 11 stone min using a wavelength/sleeved C or Needlespar with a sail cut to suit.
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alstorer
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Posted: 25 Jul 09 at 7:49am |
No no, it wasn't quite that bad. |
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 24 Jul 09 at 10:09pm |
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Nope Soslow sailors buy Solos to use as a coffin, hence why they are quite pricey.
On a serious note the solo has a fairly broad weight range, its all down to your mast and sail choice, i would think 10.5 stone would be the least you could get away with. |
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Andymac
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Posted: 24 Jul 09 at 8:38pm |
at one, the fleet actually died. Of old age. [/QUOTE] not while sailing I hope... [/QUOTE] So is the the second hand Solo market, anything like retirement cottages then? |
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Jamie600
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Posted: 24 Jul 09 at 5:29pm |
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[/QUOTE] not while sailing I hope... |
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alstorer
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Posted: 24 Jul 09 at 1:28pm |
I thought that descirbed 95% of Solo sailors? Certainly does at the two clubs I've been in that have had Solo fleets- at one, the fleet actually died. Of old age. |
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fleaberto
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Posted: 24 Jul 09 at 11:53am |
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Incidentally, one of our guys is 60+ in years, deaf in one ear, has two very dodgy knees and an all up weight of about 12St and he seems to get on fine in his Solo. |
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stuarthop
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Posted: 24 Jul 09 at 9:13am |
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I'm sailing one alongside the fireball at the moment but i'm 13 and a half stone and quite fit, but i'm using a cumulus mast and a very punchy sail, I recon anyone over 11.5 stone will be really competitive in a nationals fleet with the right rig.... but i was winnning club races as a junior borowing dads boat when he was on duty at only 9 stone..... so i guess it depends what you want.
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alstorer
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Posted: 24 Jul 09 at 9:11am |
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Got a bus pass?
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... love it! ... i'm like that! 11st in my Lightning and any kind of breeze sees me staring at a) The abyss of our lake b) the lovely slender lines of my centreboard or c) The boom carving its way through the water as my brand new, crisp sail takes a soaking! --- all to the chortles, cheers and guffaws of my fellow competitors!|
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