Singlehanded trap for lightweights

Originally posted by Dan MPS Originally posted by Jack Sparrow Originally posted by Wrighty "I think you have successfully debunked the hype that a Standard Musto can be sailed by lightweights with that comment"   No, The world champ is a lightweight at the moment, also the Main that Dan used was like a Radial to the standard laser rig, you need to go smaller like the 4.7 rig on the laser, all you can say is that a lightweight will have problems sailing the musto in a force 5 on the sea, put a very small sail on the Musto and you can get afloat in the windy stuff and have great fun in a force 2 to 3 in a normal rig.    For me the contruction of the hull is the main problem if you want to lend the musto to the young, you have to treat the Musto with respect, not drag it up the shoreline like a topper.   Any new boat will cost lots of money, best change a current boat like the 8.1 rig on the laser only £300 to change it. No money out there at the moment? So at 76kg and 5'8"? The WORLD CHAMP uses a small sail... enough said. I would just like to clear up that I am 6 foot, 74kg and the worldchampion in the standard musto. I did some development with the small sail for the class association. I think the farr 3.7 looks like a good boat, but from the voting at the top it seems people want a skiff type boat with an assymetric. if thats what people want then i dont think that there is a boat currently on the market. However i dont think that there is a large enough target market?

One nice thing about the Farr 3.7 is the ability to build with or without an Assymetric. The rules have been sensibly worded to allow for those who want a kite to have one and not be penalized when fleet racing when the kite is currently not allowed.

The nice thing about launching the class in the UK is that we can have the best of both worlds and let the membership decided how they want to go. Also the boats are very easily home built in plywood, as well as easy to build to the 50kg limit. In tough times 3/4 sheets of plywood lazer cut from AutoCad files I can provide, some MDF frames and a few hours in the garage. Seems a no brainer to me.

Originally posted by Jack Sparrow Originally posted by Dan MPS Originally posted by Jack Sparrow Originally posted by Wrighty "I think you have successfully debunked the hype that a Standard Musto can be sailed by lightweights with that comment"   No, The world champ is a lightweight at the moment, also the Main that Dan used was like a Radial to the standard laser rig, you need to go smaller like the 4.7 rig on the laser, all you can say is that a lightweight will have problems sailing the musto in a force 5 on the sea, put a very small sail on the Musto and you can get afloat in the windy stuff and have great fun in a force 2 to 3 in a normal rig.    For me the contruction of the hull is the main problem if you want to lend the musto to the young, you have to treat the Musto with respect, not drag it up the shoreline like a topper.   Any new boat will cost lots of money, best change a current boat like the 8.1 rig on the laser only £300 to change it. No money out there at the moment? So at 76kg and 5'8"? The WORLD CHAMP uses a small sail... enough said. I would just like to clear up that I am 6 foot, 74kg and the worldchampion in the standard musto. I did some development with the small sail for the class association. I think the farr 3.7 looks like a good boat, but from the voting at the top it seems people want a skiff type boat with an assymetric. if thats what people want then i dont think that there is a boat currently on the market. However i dont think that there is a large enough target market? One nice thing about the Farr 3.7 is the ability to build with or without an Assymetric. The rules have been sensibly worded to allow for those who want a kite to have one and not be penalized when fleet racing when the kite is currently not allowed. The nice thing about launching the class in the UK is that we can have the best of both worlds and let the membership decided how they want to go. Also the boats are very easily home built in plywood, as well as easy to build to the 50kg limit. In tough times 3/4 sheets of plywood lazer cut from AutoCad files I can provide, some MDF frames and a few hours in the garage. Seems a no brainer to me.

FWIW, v nice

Originally posted by Jack Sparrow In tough times 3/4 sheets of plywood lazer cut from AutoCad files I can provide, some MDF frames and a few hours in the garage. Seems a no brainer to me.

It would be great to see home building start again ... it was the off the shelf kits that got things going before ... is anyone going to develop a kit for the 3.7?

Originally posted by seamonkey Originally posted by Jack Sparrow In tough times 3/4 sheets of plywood lazer cut from AutoCad files I can provide, some MDF frames and a few hours in the garage. Seems a no brainer to me. It would be great to see home building start again ... it was the off the shelf kits that got things going before ... is anyone going to develop a kit for the 3.7?

Well... the AutoCad files that I have been very generously given buy Peter Kovesi effectively provide a kit when combined with the Class Association plans. You just send your wood to the lazer cutters and you get back all the panels in the same way you would have with a Mirror.

Can it really be that simple? what is the aprox cost of a home build?