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Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by jeffers the Laser sails are (relatively) easily to distinguish from each other They are? Not that I've noticed. and even worse if there are fake sails in the mix.

It would be easier if the Radial said RADIAL in big letter across it. The 4.7 does have it written on, doesn't it?

Originally posted by boatshed Originally posted by kneewrecker In an ideal semi-retired, time and cash rich world, my dinghy flotilla would include a Finn for light winds, a Contender for wiring weather and a D-Zero for the odd class event/piss up Going off thread for a moment....That's a start but really, you need to dream of  better racing.   Sailing with others (in the same boat) is always better fun.   I see single handers as boats for working, time poor folk; which is why I sail one.Being semi or fully retired and cash rich should allow a commitment to sail with your mates.   The thing that sticks in my head was watching a good size fleet of 3 crew Etchells doing two or three races a few evenings a week in Auckland Harbour.    First start was 5 pm sharp.   They got back to the dock and the club for a few beers at dusk.  I could handle that.

You make a very good point, I consider myself chastised for my lack of vision, and momentary lapse of respect for a 505, helmed, of course, by a really hot lingerie model with the sailing reportoire of an Ainslie training partner...

Edited by kneewrecker - 08 Nov 14 at 8:46am

Originally posted by kneewrecker In an ideal semi-retired, time and cash rich world, my dinghy flotilla would include a Finn for light winds, a Contender for wiring weather and a D-Zero for the odd class event/piss up

Going off thread for a moment....

That's a start but really, you need to dream of  better racing.   Sailing with others (in the same boat) is always better fun.   I see single handers as boats for working, time poor folk; which is why I sail one.

Being semi or fully retired and cash rich should allow a commitment to sail with your mates.   The thing that sticks in my head was watching a good size fleet of 3 crew Etchells doing two or three races a few evenings a week in Auckland Harbour.    First start was 5 pm sharp.   They got back to the dock and the club for a few beers at dusk. 

I could handle that.



   

Originally posted by Medway Maniac You could do both the things you suggest in your last paragraph, Chris, if your club rules allowed it. You'd not be allowed to race a windsurfer at all at WSC, though, for reasons lost in the mists of time. Oddly, although we allow Lasers sailors to do whatever they like with rigs, I can't recall a Laser ever winning a handicap race at senior level, although some pretty good sailors have managed the odd 2nd. In fact, when rig-switching was allowed the warning was given that the permission would be withdrawn if they started cleaning up. In practice, however, they continue to enjoy sailing just the way they want to without any issues.