Light wind single hander?

Boats such as 300's and Blaze's wont point as high a lasers. They just aren't designed that way. You foot off 5 degrees and go for speed. The speed will by far outweigh the distance travelled. If you' re not used to it it can be a bit difficult fleets at first such as judgeing lay lines, going for clear is more a priority than best windward start, not getting bunched in at the start with other boats (always best to tack off get the clear air) and avoid luffing matches with lasers! At the start I try the get a reasonable place to windward over the line but go on port and by the time I go behind three boats I'm in clean air making good ground and avoided the dirty wind if I had been on starboard. I then consolidate my gains and tack to starboard and I'm in command of the rest of the fleet approching on port. If only it was that easy!

This isn't helping on choosing a light wind boat though is it? I imagine that the gains to be made by footing of in light wind (if that's what you do) are fairly negligible (unless you sail a Contender who's pointing is abysmal in F2 and below).

I too considered getting a second boat for (almost) drifters and came to the conclusion that the Phantom is the boy as long as you don't mind hanging on with everything you've got if the wind picks up - they are a beast in F3-4 unless you weigh as much as a small car.

Jeffers - from talking to Blaze sailors at the club and seeing that on the water they are only pointing as high as myself. (may be they need some extra training like me!)

The 300 PY is 1001.