Singlehander for lightweight

Originally posted by Rupert The Splash/Flash combo does look a good one - they seem to be East coast based - have any made the journey further west? I'd love to have a sail in a Flash, mainly because I hate not having sailed a boat! I take it the age limit wouldn't apply to handicap racing for the Splash, so it would be possible to change between rigs to suit the weather? Or is that frowned upon in the class?

How far west?

We are a Burghfield S.C ( Reading J12 ) and you are more than happy to come and sail it (Splash only rig).

Our boat is sailed by my wife with the view of handing it on to our son when he moves out of Oppy's. She is 42 and 5'1" and 7.5 stone and has a ball. I also sail the Splash from time to time ( I'm 40 and 5'5" and 11 stone ) and the boat performs well and is a lot of fun still.

No reason why you shouldn't swap between rigs, it is something I was thinking of too.