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    Posted: 24 Mar 07 at 1:34pm

hi  After 30 years of sailing laser 1 and other boats, Having changed to the correct straight leg hiking style, IV had to give it up . old age or does hiking kill you knees. my doctor said.your just past your sell by date.and sent me for tests . He is a great Doctor, there when you need him most . So any sports Doctors out there. Iv sold all my lasers now and knees ok at moment?. Just missed chelmarch open force 6--8 wind and warm ,just my wind too. . I find the RS600 ok too sail, But know if I stop sailing the laser1 for long its a hard way back later.



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after a 600 and a musto skiff, why would you want to go back to a laser? i sailed lasers from when i was 14 up until last year when i turned 19. got a 600, and then a 49er. i cant emagine going back to a laser now.
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Straight leg hiking is actually good for your knees, as it builds the muscles which support the knee. If you do not sail for any length of time the muscles will become weaker, making it much harder to hike hard. Hence the reason all the top UK sailors go to OZ etc over the winter, so they keep getting in lots of hours on the water...
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owain i think 190000 boats are a good reason and a good force 6--8 on the sea is great fun, just hard on the legs if your unfit, but if your fit its just fun unless your knees hurt. did you kno i used to get to 75% of max heart rate upwind in the laser, cant get near that in the 600

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Still knackered knees are knackered knees! it's not going to change over time,I'd just be grateful you can still sail. You could always do some gym work for your knees and try again later on
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les5269 spot on, that why im going for a stand up boat,like the musto skiff, still got 20 years yet i hope. take a look at their website its grrrreat.

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i used to hike and drop hike and both as a helm and crew and cant imagen going back to it now.  helming from the wire is so much nicer
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Originally posted by owain

after a 600 and a musto skiff, why would you want to go back to a laser? .


I can think of at least five reasons;

Huge fleets
Simple rigging
Easy to train on
Sometimes great fun to sail.
Cheap to race
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49er has all that and it is one hell of a buzz going over a start line doing 15 knots
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I'm late 40's and have just had to give up my job 'cos of knackered joints: not a decision I took lightly I can tell you! I think bad hiking style contributed, but the windsurfing did more damage, plus a job with heavy lifting and long shifts. My doc said more or less the same: ie what do you expect, you're getting old! I had loads of tests too, but it's just down to wear and tear, so I changed to a class that hurt less! Just a suggestion, but if you want top class opposition, big fleets, simple rigging etc, in a hiking singlehander, you could always try a Solo .
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