Dodgy knee friendly single handers

Originally posted by iGRF

Originally posted by iGRF

Well its been windy every weekend so far this winter season and as much as I get lucky now and again, surviving is hardly racing and 6.5 sq mtrs would be an absolute doddle I reckon. But the only time I gave one a go it felt so, weather helm heavy which I put down to the blunt kitchen table foils.

Then last season we had a visitor witha Boatyards at Beer boat that you could see sat so much higher in the water even though the helm was heavier than the guy in the ply boat and it showed in boatspeed.

I'll be OK for a couple more years in the Solution, but I can see when the years do eventually catch up worse than they have to date, it'll be one for the future and there's a fair bit of activity down these parts, they've even had an open meeting at our place which I missed,and would have done if I could have blagged a boat.

They do need a carbon mast, they've gone with a carbon boom quite what that's all about I've no idea, the mast is more important than the bloody boom why they've gone for that just shows the typical dinghy waller nonesensical attitude imv.

Wooden boats are extremely hard to build down to weight and the new plastic ones are good.

The carbon boom ‘gives no tactical advantage’ but ‘makes it easier to gybe’ - personally that is a very major technical advantage. 

Carbon masts would just create a divide. The mast is not tapered (again about to change) so if, like the boom, if carbon mast was equivalent to a tin not sure what it would offer. It is sealed so unless it is a violent capsize you rarely get into too much trouble due to weight righting.

The board certainly could be improved on but also cost etc etc. 