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    Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 8:50am
So if your young(ish) and fit the moth keeps crying out as the boat to get, I keep thinking if I don't get one I'll regret it in the future.

But having had a go 5 years ago I know it will be tough and with the quality of the sailors in the class at the moment you'd be lucky to get 30th place after years of practice

But then is every other class tame compared to it ........

Has anyone else stood at the moth crossroads? Which way did you go stick with 'low riders' or take the plunge?
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I'd rather be 30th in Int Moths than win a worlds in a Noddy Class, not that either are realistic .... and not sure if that helps your decision making process or not.   You'd learn a lot about sailing, sailing against the top moths... that much is guaranteed.

But bottom line, if you're light enough, fit enough and have the space and clean air to really use it, why wouldn't you give it a go?  You can always sell it in a year or two if it really isn't working out and buy a.n.other displacement barge.   
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Yep that is helpful, I'm 34 72kg and fit and soon to be living near stokes bay

so all that combined it seems like a cop out to not get one

maybe I should visit the club when I get back to the uk and check it out?

It just seems that every sailor under 40 who isn't a sailmaker or has a need to sail traditional classes for business reasons has one .....
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Originally posted by Clive Evans

Yep that is helpful, I'm 34 72kg and fit and soon to be living near stokes bay 

perfect.... if you don't get on with it, you could always 'downgrade' to the Musto Skiff  LOL

I'd do it if I were you, your next career move might take you somewhere where displacement punts are you only real option.  


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Get one.  If I was your height, age and weight it's just what I would do.  They are reputedly easier than low riders which I know to be something of a challenge as I have three.

Being a touch older and heavier I instead stood at the D one crossroads, got one and will not go back to an 'ordinary' boat.  Ever. 

Do it, I had knee surgery today, do it while you can.


Edited by winging it - 29 Apr 14 at 7:33pm
the same, but different...

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Originally posted by Clive Evans

Yep that is helpful, I'm 34 72kg and fit and soon to be living near stokes bay

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Your 34 72 kg and fit living near stokes bay and your worried a moth will be too much. PMSL.

Im 52, 82 kg and not fit and I have been sailing foiling moths for about 5 years now so all I can say is dry your eyes, grow some balls and MTFU.

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Pretty much echoing all of the above - sometimes you get an itch that just needs scratching

In my time I've had some lowrider moths, an IC, a Contender, lasers, Enterprise, Laser II, RS400...... All were good in their own way and were right for me at the time. More recently I've loved the Alto for 2-man sailing, and I adore my D-One. Do it while you can, and love it for what it is.
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