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    Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 11:22am
yer the foils would be a problem but it would be funny for the people watching!!
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Originally posted by NickA

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Surely there must be loads of Laser 3000 sailors out there who solo sail too?
What do you lot do?

I sail my laser 2 single handed but the issue of PY has never arisen 'cause I so rarely finish a race.  Windy = can't get back up wind, not windy = too bored going back down ....... .. and to make it viable at all I've modded the boat way out of class rules.  Think single handing these boats is a fun thing.  If you want to race, get an rs600 / 700 / musto skiff  or a contender or an IC even.

Does the Buzz need any mods to get it single handing?  What kind of wind range is  possible (or enjoyable at least)? 

For a Laser 2 I've got to agree that you'd be mad to try racing singlehanded.
However, a Buzz I believe is much easier.

Daggerboard no different to a Laser 1. Jib furls easily. Kite easy to hoist and drop. One rope does the kite and bowsprit. Helming on the wire is stable.

Makes you wonder what a crew is for.

I've suggested only one mod which isn't class legal.
See http://www.writinginthesky.net/buzz/mod.htm
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http://www.writinginthesky.net/buzz

and click on "rigging".

I'm about 13 stone 4 and I'm OK to GREAT in everything up to force 4 (easier inland because of flatter water).
Then it gets challenging in force 5-6. I start to leave off the spinnaker and furl the jib upwind. Its not the wind speed which is the limit but how gusty. Get a crew or take up swimming above that. 



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Looks like we've done similar mods.  Looped sheets & extendable tiller extension certainly help.

I'd like to get the sail controls back to the helm  - but it needs a spider web of rope or blocks expensively and damagingly screwed all over the hull.  A compromise is to tie the (now 6:1) kicker line to the trap hooks, contender style (you could knot yours to the main sheet).  Outhaul I haven't sorted except to run it through a block tied to the mast and then back along the boom to an elastic - can be adjusted while unhooked during a tack - just about.  The cunningham I rarely use anyway.   I have yet to try running the main sheet straight off the boom, like a 29er - but it does have advantages.

May try your trap hook position tweak, though on the L2 the best single handed position is pretty far forwards - which, unlike the Buzz is about the only place you can easily step out.

As you say - most fun around F4.  F5-6 and my 12stone struggles to keep it flat, or even upright  (straight legs & back might help!!)

F3/4 gusting 5 (and very poor posture).

Keep up the good work and you may convince me to trade up to a Buzz.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote carshalton fc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Apr 05 at 2:08pm
that looks fun!!!   dont you ever find that sailing on your own get boring?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote NickA Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Apr 05 at 10:46pm

More panic-struck than boring.

Rather be on the edge than crewing a tub - but if anyone wants a crew for their RS800 or twin wire cherub ..........

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Post Options Post Options   Quote carshalton fc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 May 05 at 3:47pm
yer i knmow what you mean about the tub thing cos i sail a stratos!!    but i sailed it on my own at the weekend and it wasnt the most exciting thing in the world!!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote hydrographer20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 05 at 7:13am
well i like how single handers are so susceptable to your avtions- i must say when i went sailing in my byte yesturday with mylike hmm 15 stone dad all crammed in- tacking became very lazy instead we just swapped over who was helming and the other just sat there.  but not all like 2 ppl or more boats r tubs- ok so things like mirrors and wayfarers r but they all serve there purpose
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Post Options Post Options   Quote dougabrams Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 05 at 7:36am

Well done NickA,

You're the first to get pics of singlehanding a 2-up on the wire here.
I'm hoping to get some of the Buzz soon.

Do you ever have a go with the kite?

I sail with the Buzz kite loads on my own (simple to hoist and drop), but I've only used it on the trapeze twice (both in very steady force 3 on the sea).

The Buzz has 17.4 square metres of spinnaker, but as its assymetric it behaves kinder across the wind than a symmetric spin. On the plane everything becomes more stable, just lots of blasting.

 

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Post Options Post Options   Quote carshalton fc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 05 at 9:25pm
yer the assymetric boats r alot simpler!   the symetrical spinni will be quite hard to control!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote maxim Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 05 at 9:34pm
yeah it is. Last time I was single handing a Laser
two, reaching on the wire with the spinny up, I was hit
my a gust (had the main cleated) and ended up
landing in the main - with the spinny through the
spreaders and filled with water . Took about 5
minutes to sort out the mess...
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