Halo

yep a lot of us did wimp out at Lyme. biggest I've sailed in and the waves were hugely confused due to the weather patterns that week. 4 sec between 6' waves followed by 10' waves about every third wave or so. us less great sailors found that a bit of a struggle at no point did I find myself in control downwind sliding all over the boat as I buried into wave after wave that I had little chance of steering around. the very good even said it was getting to the point of unsalability due to the waves. think most people in any class would have struggled. oh and we didn't sail on the Sunday because it was about a force 8 and the waves were breaking over the Cobb at low tide.

I'm not surprised that sometimes the phantom struggles in waves as it was designed for river sailing originally.

and I don't blame Jim for wearing round. that was about a force 5-6 and sometimes a conservative approach pays dividends.

they are of you are Jim hunt, they aren't if you are a beginner.

oh and Jim is a freak lightweight so probably couldn't hold it down through the gybe or something like that

Originally posted by about a boat supper big rig

It tastes delicious, I understand. The breakfast small rig will follow in the spring.

On the whole post, I am amazed what you managed to understand about the boat from one sail. All those Blaze sailors must be wrong. And as far as I'm aware, the Blaze has had 2 sails - the original Topper one, and the re-design, which is slightly smaller. The bigger rig for the Halo isn't trying to be a Blaze, or cater to the same weight range.

You know, that Laser boat is a bit of a flop - they have used loads of different sails on that - never can get it right.

We had Sobstad sails built from the same material for our 30ft yacht if that's any consideration.  

You can tell a lot from first impressions. As I said personal subjectiveness. Just what I found. Does not mean other people wont find it different. Glad they do - hate to think think everyone would be as great at me.