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G.R.F. ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 10 Aug 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4028 |
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So what are you saying wing wang?
The fact when I'm out there on the racks my little short stumpy legs don't actually stretch as far as that stretchy strap your supposed to put them under thing in the boat is going to disadvantage me then? And that I don't go down the Gym any more (Do dinghy sailors even know what a Gym is? I dont recall dinghy sailors ever being fit.. I recall them drunk, I recall them dishevelled, I even recall some of them being mildly humourous (especially when they tip over and swear a lot), I recall them always being in the way at the bar especially at Grafham.. But fit? Nah.. But it sounds from what your saying that there's no room for short Blaze sailors.. That's why we need a wire And a kite. |
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Jon711 ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 465 |
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I am a short unfit Blaze sailor - upwind I hike by wrapping my front foot around the forward wing support - downwind sitting a little further back there is enough length on the toe strap to allow full hiking from the middle of the wing... |
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Neptune ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Online Posts: 1314 |
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Longer straps - adjustable length, i'd imagine that most sailors only hang overthe edge from at ost mid thigh so you can only loose a maybe 6" of leverage if you are really short.......vertically challenged people must have found solutions in the past or evolution whould have finished them off
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G.R.F. ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 10 Aug 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4028 |
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I've not sailed it enough to fix anything permanent, but my feet are
always on the edge of the boat or trying to hook under it and I had considered fitting windsurfing footstraps on the edge, but I'm not comfortable that I'm 'doing it right' just yet, I tend to sit right up the front or the bow pitches too much in our cross chop upwind. Off wind isn't an issue I just get sat back in the recliner up the back, very pleasant.. But then so far force four's been my top end experience too date. Vertically challenged folk are far from being finished, we just have to 'think big' and find another way.. ![]() Edited by G.R.F. |
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winging it ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Mar 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3958 |
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![]() No, what I was trying to say is that a heavy weight's rig setting won't be the same as that for a lightweight.... ![]() |
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the same, but different...
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G.R.F. ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 10 Aug 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4028 |
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They're not toes straps, they're toe suspenders.. useless things. I can't get on with any of these stupid devices, not on any of the boats I've owned, normally i just shout 'wire lower' to jumanji, no point in both of us spilling our coffee.. But seriously some sort of hard fixed thing must be better than that swinging lame elastostrap thing we're expected to use... Mine had pictures of chickens all over it.. It went straight in the skip.. |
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Neal_g ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Oct 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 323 |
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how about guard rails around the edge of the rack GRF then you hike like a yacht person
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