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    Posted: 19 Aug 09 at 9:02am
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.
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I am a short unfit Blaze sailor - upwind I hike by wrapping my front foot around the forward wing support - downwind sitting a little further back there is enough length on the toe strap to allow full hiking from the middle of the wing...

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Neptune Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Aug 09 at 10:23am
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
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Post Options Post Options   Quote G.R.F. Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Aug 09 at 11:22am
I've not sailed it enough to fix anything permanent, but my feet are
always on the edge of the boat or trying to hook under it and I had
considered fitting windsurfing footstraps on the edge, but I'm not
comfortable that I'm 'doing it right' just yet, I tend to sit right up the front
or the bow pitches too much in our cross chop upwind.

Off wind isn't an issue I just get sat back in the recliner up the back, very
pleasant..

But then so far force four's been my top end experience too date.

Vertically challenged folk are far from being finished, we just have to 'think
big' and find another way..

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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....


the same, but different...

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Post Options Post Options   Quote G.R.F. Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Aug 09 at 3:49pm
Originally posted by turnturtle

... and losen your toestraps!!!


They're not toes straps, they're toe suspenders.. useless things.

I can't get on with any of these stupid devices, not on any of the boats I've
owned, normally i just shout 'wire lower' to jumanji, no point in both of us
spilling our coffee..

But seriously some sort of hard fixed thing must be better than that
swinging lame elastostrap thing we're expected to use... Mine had pictures
of chickens all over it.. It went straight in the skip..
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how about guard rails around the edge of the rack GRF then you hike like a yacht person
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