Farr 3.7

Originally posted by Van Mentz Look it's quite simple: if you weigh 68kg and you want a trapeze boat which suits your weight the Farr is a good choice. All the other singlehanded trapeze boats on offer demand greater crew weight.

Edited by Neptune - 17 Dec 15 at 8:52am

Originally posted by Van Mentz Look it's quite simple: if you weigh 68kg and you want a trapeze boat which suits your weight the Farr is a good choice. All the other singlehanded trapeze boats on offer demand greater crew weight. I would love to race in Contender sized fleets. I had a Contender forty years ago but it was too big for me then and matters won't have improved now. Most dinghy racing these days is on handicap and so one might as well race a dinghy one likes. The Farr is a good boat and I enjoy it - that's all.

There, in a nutshell is dinghy sailings biggest problem. Contender would be about the 10th choice of boat for me but we should all do our bit to support fleets.

everyone picking a boat because they like it is why most sail around claiming glory once a year based on some silly number average.

I'm 72kg and sail a contender I'm not the lightest in the fleet.

There's a light guy does quite well in Contenders and we have three or four racing at Hythe, but until they realise nobody wants to go near the heavy mofo's when they come ashore, and get them built down to a weight that folk can manhandle, they are forever going to be the province of lard boys and those who've never experienced picking up something of reasonable weight.

Having said that I always fancied a go in one, but it never happened and I also quite like the look of that composite Farr, if I find myself without a crew at Hythe for another year, I might consider giving one a go for a season, then again will I wait six months for delivery? Probably not.


Edited by iGRF - 17 Dec 15 at 11:25am

Originally posted by salmon80 Originally posted by Peaky Sailing's biggest problem is people sailing boats they like? Why not let Contenders, Farrs,600s etc share a race. Break down traditional class structures and race similar style boats on handicap. Sure is, if we all compromise a bit we can get fleet racing going again. I enjoy the balance of contender and class racing together much more than I would sailing a technically superior boat (ie lighter more refined) like the Farr 3.7 on my own against people on handicap. If I was in NZ I'd sail the Farr as there are no contenders face it in the 50's-80's people had more time and fleet racing was the way it was done and participation was considerably higher than today. We can't get back peoples time but we can get fleet racing back and I truly believe this will help participation

Originally posted by salmon80   There, in a nutshell is dinghy sailings biggest problem. Contender would be about the 10th choice of boat for me but we should all do our bit to support fleets.