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    Posted: 30 Mar 16 at 1:58pm
Originally posted by Jamie600

Laser Vago can be singlehanded (even from the trapeze, I have seen it done!) or will carry two when needed. Not much of a race scene though compared with the other choices.

Not a huge race scene but a pretty active CA by all accounts and a boat that is pretty flexible in terms of sailing. there is a guy at Hunts who single hands his when his crew is not available.
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Laser Vago can be singlehanded (even from the trapeze, I have seen it done!) or will carry two when needed. Not much of a race scene though compared with the other choices.
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Unless you have a Finn fleet at your chosen club, the Phantom is really the only way to go.

Although I understand the logic behind buying something like a Laser first (or Solo as I did), the reality is that it will be too small for you. You might as well get the right boat first time. Phantoms are more difficult to sail than a Laser or Solo, but not so difficult that you'll be frustrated.
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Solo initially, but expect to grow out of it quite quickly and as soon as you can handle it in strong winds go Phantom. If you buy the right Solo you'll lose very little if anything in two years.

Yes you'll be on the porky side for it, BUT a couple of years ago the top Phantoim sailors were also top Solo sailors. Sailing ability will be the limiting factor to begin with, not your weight
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Originally posted by JimC

Good grief. Take off the damned tunnel vision spectacles mate. There may be worse choices for the declared job than the osprey, but not many and not much.

B*gger... forgot the irony imoji thing........Good grief indeed  Smile
OK, Phantom or Finn, and hire a club Wanderer, or something of that ilk, when sailing with family members and not wanting to scare the horses.
Is that better ?
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Originally posted by Kev M

100kg is way too heavy for a Supernova or a Vareo in my opinion.


Too heavy to win races unless a force 7, but the boat will happily carry 15 1/2 stone.18 stone is harder to deal with in the Dinghy sailing world. At least in this case, though, the OP doesn't appear to be someone who can't move the weight easily found the boat, which is where issues often arise.
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Originally posted by Kev M

......A phantom isn't a bad choice, ........They're not hard to sail but like most boats they're hard to sail well.........


This.

Having sailed one when i was  a smidge over 125kg and 18 months later sailing it at 90kg it fits the single handed weight yo yo pretty well and being 6ft 4 or so myuself I can confirm the height isn't an issue in one


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100kg is way too heavy for a Supernova or a Vareo in my opinion.
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Trapezing
You should be fine, well worth finding someone with an Osprey, 505 or FD sorry but I dont think any of the asymetric boats are designed for people of sensible size to crew in.
Singlehander Phantom is a brillieant boat for your dimensions and a very friendly fleet.
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this wouldn't be a bad start point, assuming you follow the very solid advice of hiring the right tool for the job for those occasional double-handed sessions....



Edited by turnturtle - 29 Mar 16 at 1:30pm
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