The Blaze owners Thread

Weight ?

I'm partly guessing but using a bit of judgement from on the water .. and in the bar the weights in the top 10 vary enormously from about  75kg to more than 95kg - on the heavier races it does pay to be a bit heavy and in the lighter stuff a bit towards the lower end .... like most other classes.

The stayed rig allows a lot of adjustment to suit individual helm weight but we do seem to have a very wide effective range - few however will be under 70kg or more than 105 kg but there are some notable and very capable exceptions.

Halo, the big rig version, on the other hand .... is targetted at 90kg and up although you can sail below that weight with lead (but you can take an over weight hull into account - some early ones are !).

Mike L.

With regards to the hull question. Mike was in a Cirrus (Rondar built) hull. Rob was in a Topper built hull and Pete Barton was in a (very) early Mk1 hull.

Tat is p[roviding the sdail numbers match the hull numbers, Pete was in 551 but had 6541 on his sail.

So definitely proof there that the Blaze hull is competitive regardless of age!

Cheers,

Paul

Originally posted by jeffers With regards to the hull question. Mike was in a Cirrus (Rondar built) hull. Rob was in a Topper built hull and Pete Barton was in a (very) early Mk1 hull. Tat is p[roviding the sdail numbers match the hull numbers, Pete was in 551 but had 6541 on his sail. So definitely proof there that the Blaze hull is competitive regardless of age! Cheers, Paul

Thanks for that Jeffers, that's what I wanted to know.

My original Blaze was 556 and I am sure that was built in 1998.

I am really glad to see the mixture of hulls up in the top results.

Timg

Well done Mike and the Blaze class, that really is a result. 

Of course it could also be noted the Blaze is a great weight carrier and
responds well to lard folk in a Breeze.

It also retains a PY only one short of where the Phantom was when the title
Bandido was squarely aimed at it.

It is a bloody good boat even more so since watching someone sailing it in a
breeze with the weight and handling skills to make it go better than I ever
could.

However had it a kite it would be a great boat but that's been said and
ignored enough now to be boring.

Things I liked about it; being able to launch and enter from the back, the
leverage the racks give, the fact it doesn't fall over when you let it go, the
centreboard, the kick up rudder, the cut of the sail, the off boom sheeting.

Things I didn't like; the chiselled nose and nosey attitude in waves, the ally
mast, the gap between the rack and the canvas (but that can be changed
there was a really well sorted boat at the dinghy show)and the heavy weight.

It doesn't surprise me it's doing well, (although I did wonder if the Halo
thing was an unnecessary distraction).

What it could do with?

Carbon mast stepped down through the hull, obviously the spinnaker, and a
generally lighter build.

It was too windy again last night for the 100, would I have gone out in the
Blaze? Definitely.