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Sam.Spoons 
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Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3401 |
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 Topic: K1 - Whats the point?Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 9:54am |
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As a windsurfer/racer who returned to dinghies 12 years ago with a twin trapeze boat, standing offwind seems natural to me. And, it's hard to be mobile when kneeling.
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
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423zero
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Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
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Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 8:56am |
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Sounds like Laser sailors, very naughty
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Robert
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H2
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Joined: 26 Jul 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 750 |
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Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 7:59am |
Wow - ok. I prefer to sit myself!
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H2 #115 (sold)
H2 145 OK 2082 |
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andymck
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Joined: 15 Dec 06 Location: Stamford Online Status: Offline Posts: 397 |
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Posted: 22 Jun 20 at 3:29pm |
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Get an H2
They refuse to kneel Stand down hill Usually with a rhythmic rocking motion |
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Sussex Lad
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Posted: 21 Jun 20 at 8:49pm |
....praying for wind maybe? |
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The Moo
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Posted: 21 Jun 20 at 8:27pm |
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Interesting that you say no kneeling. We have on K1 at our Club and the owner spends much of his time kneeling in lighter airs.
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NicK1
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Joined: 27 May 11 Location: South East Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
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Posted: 20 Jun 20 at 7:52pm |
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I have a K1 as a result of a no kneeling request from my doctor after a knee operation (menisectomy). I've sailed it at Burghfield lake for 8 years now. My normal boat was a Phantom.
I like the K1, it has many plus points: Boat 45 Kg, keel 60 Kg, so no capsizing, even in very strong winds. High boom, carbon, so no headaches. Totally abusable in very windy gybes, a dream ! Sails close to the wind and gives you plenty of warning as heavy gusts hit. Planes easily in strong wind, jib and main tell-tales show what's going on. This is a delightful boat to sail.
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Paul Handley
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Joined: 24 Aug 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
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Posted: 27 Dec 11 at 12:34pm |
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Results so far suggest that the K1 has a broad competitive weight range as hoped - we've seen race winners from under 10 stone to over 16 stone.
It certainly carries weight well as you might expect being 15ft long, and the top three out of 21 boats at the Nationals held in medium wind were all quite heavy, 15 stone plus, but good sailors too. At the last open at Queen Mary we had very close racing with a range of crew weights in a fair breeze. I'm just over 11 stone and finished second oa with heavier sailors in first and third. It was marginal planing conditions and I think on average I did better on the offwind legs than upwind, but it was hard to judge and fair to say that the wind shifts played a much bigger role than crew weight and we enjoyed close tactical racing without any capsizes. There are all the usual rig adjustments to de-power in a breeze and lightweights may get away with sailing slightly more heeled to windward in a breeze, allowing the keel to do a bit more work, as long as they don't heel too far.
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cjsailor
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Joined: 26 Dec 11 Location: Leeds Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
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Posted: 26 Dec 11 at 7:34pm |
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Can I first say how frustrating it is to find posts about the K1.... it seems you need at least three letters to search for anything.
Just wondering how K1 sailors were finding helm weight was making a difference. It's a large sail plan and even though the keel will help it's maybe not that much and benefits everyone equally. Is it a boat for heavier sailors or do lighter sailors enable the threshold to plane an advantage..... assuming they can get it depowered enough upwind, ie does mast rake, downhaul etc all do their job?
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debsw
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Joined: 17 Jun 11 Location: Stone SC Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
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Posted: 29 Aug 11 at 5:15pm |
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Have had super fun with the K1 this season competing mainly in the club menagerie fleet with good results, but if anyone is looking for a second hand one please message me as my husband has persuaded me to return to double handing so am regretfully going to let the K1 go to a new home.
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