Single-handers

Hmm let me think now, tough choice.

a) Leave work, half an hour later be on the clear blue water still warm in
the evening sun like last night, enjoy an hours race, a home cooked meal
in the club and a couple of drinks with our new found racing friends.

Or

b)Leave work, take down the mast, tie it all on, make sure the trailor plate
is working, tow the boat for miles inland, re -erect mast and screw about
with settings, launch onto some dirty brown puddle, race around cans,
maybe meet folk maybe not, take down mast repeat getting ready for the
road procedure, risk another side swiping by HGV Eastern European
Cowboy, arrive back at the height of operation stack....

Hmm, yes, tough choice.

Edited by G.R.F

Let me guess?

To Whitstable?

And marry my sister.

First posting so sorry if I've repeated anything that's been said before.  I've read this thread with interest being a former Laser sailor who's contemplating what singlehander to buy next.

My first observation is - singlehander with no trapeze, a kite and decent performance?  Why has nobody mentioned the Vareo?  OK, so I haven't heard much about fleets but it looks like a decent boat.

In my view, having thought about it over the past couple of months, the one slight disappointment of the singlehanded scene in the UK is the fleet fragmentation.  There are loads of great singlehanders in the country but as we're all sailing different boats you're (almost) stuck with the Laser if you want decent fleet racing anywhere.

The 300 looks like a great boat but fleets are limited and second hand costs are relatively high - there isn't a great supply of second hand boats and the ones at the cheaper end of the market are often thrashed.

The OK is a cracker as well but getting a competitive second hand boat is a challenge and fleets are limited.  The Blaze is currently in a similar position but seems to be working hard to rectify it.

Phantom - lovely looking boat but I'm not really big enough.  Ditto Solo - but I'm not really old enough ( ;-) ).

I'm not really looking for a trapeze boat so can't say much about the 6, 7 or MPS.  So what am I left with?  Yup, unless something to the contrary pops up in a week or two I'm going to be throwing some cash at a now ridiculously overpriced beach boat that has become an Olympic racer by default..

Originally posted by G.R.F Let me guess? To Whitstable? And marry my sister.

You haven't been to Milbrook have you? Capital of inbreeding.

Edited by tgruitt

[QUOTE=G.R.F]So that's that then, still nothing exciting yet do able for lightweight single
handers with a job and TOW limitations looking for a bit more excitement
than dull as ditchwater laser sailing at coastal venues with launching
problems.



Solution? (baby Phantom) or Bantom as it is called at LRSC