Blaze

how about guard rails around the edge of the rack GRF then you hike like a yacht person

No, what I was trying to say is that a heavy weight's rig setting won't be the same as that for a lightweight....

Longer straps - adjustable length, i'd imagine that most sailors only hang overthe edge from at ost mid thigh so you can only loose a maybe 6" of leverage if you are really short.......vertically challenged people must have found solutions in the past or evolution whould have finished them off

So what are you saying wing wang?

The fact when I'm out there on the racks my little short stumpy legs don't
actually stretch as far as that stretchy strap your supposed to put them
under thing in the boat is going to disadvantage me then?

And that I don't go down the Gym any more (Do dinghy sailors even know
what a Gym is? I dont recall dinghy sailors ever being fit.. I recall them
drunk, I recall them dishevelled, I even recall some of them being mildly
humourous (especially when they tip over and swear a lot), I recall them
always being in the way at the bar especially at Grafham.. But fit?

Nah..

But it sounds from what your saying that there's no room for short Blaze
sailors..

That's why we need a wire

And a kite.

From when I had my Blaze I can say the floppy rig worked when it was windy but needed to be a little tighter when it was lighter. The lowers I set at the recommended deflection (50mm each way if memory serves) for the light wind setting and then left it like that. I did have an adjustable forestay but found I never acutally used it so tied it off making it fixed again.

I did find that you had to check the mast foot regularly because it did work loose. There was talk of a 'wedge' being made available to help the mast oocated properly, doubtless Mike @ Cirrus will be able to let you know more about this.

What you should do Grumpf is get yourself to the nationals this year and speak to Mike, Christian and the other guys at the front of the fleet and see what they ecommend. It also matters a little which sail you have, Sobstad, Early North, current North as the cuts are all slightly different.