Heavyweight boat choice.

I don't know the science, but considering in a Finn, OK, Solo, D-One, Optimist, Topper, Laser and Phantom you sit behind the front edge of the board I am not sure that is correct. 

Originally posted by Fatboi I don't know the science, but considering in a Finn, OK, Solo, D-One, Optimist, Topper, Laser and Phantom you sit behind the front edge of the board I am not sure that is correct.

I've sailed 4 of those and it's easily possible to get your weight just ahead of the CofR The Finn and Oppi I've no idea, but I know this you wouldn't get far on a board if you tried to get upwind standing that far back, so there is obviously a lot of rudder compensation going on for an un natural sailing position in the OK, I must get a go in one, the aero if I recall suffers a little bit from the bulkhead being too close to where you need to be not helping you dial into a feelgood groove, unlike the D-Zero where you can slide exactly into place with ease.

Originally posted by Fatboi Must have something to do with how far forward the rig is and where the CofE loads, but as I say, I don't know the science.  Could do with a lesson from Dan H or someone else that knows the science.

Don''t need Dan H who was a child wondering what to do with dangly parts of his anatomy when we learned sailing 101 that the Cof E (Centre of Effort) needs to be slightly ahead of the C of R, (Centre of Lateral resistance) then we didn't have rudders so i guess we take it for granted, if it's not the craft won't go, but what we're all doing is racing them so we use our body weight to fine tune that balance which is why you'll note the top half of the body on better sailors is ahead of the bottom half if I'm not telling you how to suck eggs here, I always assume everyone knows better than I, how to make these things go. Took me a while to spot that good technique is the same as racing boards, but it still doesn't explain how you make OK's go fast upwind if you can't actually get the top half of your body ahead of the Cof R unless of course that Cof R is actually behind the Centreboard on an OK which I doubt.
There's no question they go, I just wonder how and why.

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Don''t need Dan H who was a child wondering what to do with dangly parts of his anatomy when we learned sailing 101 that the Cof E (Centre of Effort) needs to be slightly ahead of the C of R, (Centre of Lateral resistance) then we didn't have rudders so i guess we take it for granted, if it's not the craft won't go, but what we're all doing is racing them so we use our body weight to fine tune that balance which is why you'll note the top half of the body on better sailors is ahead of the bottom half if I'm not telling you how to suck eggs here, I always assume everyone knows better than I, how to make these things go. Took me a while to spot that good technique is the same as racing boards, but it still doesn't explain how you make OK's go fast upwind if you can't actually get the top half of your body ahead of the Cof R unless of course that Cof R is actually behind the Centreboard on an OK which I doubt.
There's no question they go, I just wonder how and why.[/QUOTE]

Originally posted by turnturtle My advice is to try and find an older Finn.... they are truly wonderful boats if you’re carrying a bit of weight.   You’ve got your windsurf kit for planing winds, so might as well find a boat which excels in displacement mode.... and Finns do that beautifully.   The H2 looks like an option, but I’d demo first.... I’ve heard they’re a bit marmite.