Youth classes

I agree with you. I am 16 now and a tad chubbier than i should be. Roughly measurin in at 6 foot 3 and 13 stone ish. I am there fore too big for the radial which is the "Youth Class". Also the fact that i do not want arthritic knees helps my decision to sail what i think in my opinion suits me. Which is the breathtaking Laser 4000 which has astronomical speed up and down hill, and also helps me express my very physical sailing style. By this i mean being able to hike a laser 2000 flat in force 4 winds gusting 5 by myself!! God i hurt afterwoods. But it was well worth it

The parents are the worst part of the youth classes. I was at my club waitin to get picked up the other week after a powerboat course and there just happend to be an oppie training event at the same time, seriously it is a sad sight

I heard a while ago that the oppy class rules or at least the notice of race for their champoinships were changed to state specificaly that you cannot carry mobile phones or radios in the boat because the parents kept phoning them to tell them what to do?

One of the funiest thingst Ive ever heard 'oppy parent' related was from the parents sat on the balcony at Rock SC (full of yuppies but a fantastic place to sail) a couple of summers ago during their junior camel week. I finished the race, packed up and was sat in the sun with a beer (a half, I was only a young'un) when one of the hordes of parents came up to me and loudly anounced that she wanted me to appologise to her son for 'porting him' during the race. I didnt have a clue what she was on about untill a very embarased child came up to me later and appologised for his mother. Turns out he'd mentioned having to tack out of my way whilst being on port on the beat and she got the wrong idea and nearly took it to the race committee!

i dont agree with the limited classes sailed under the rya youth scheme. i think they should train people in classes that they want. i dont want to sail lasers, i want to sail in moths or something exciting not lasers. btw does anyone have an idea of a good weight for a moth helm?

Originally posted by mike ellis i dont agree with the limited classes sailed under the rya youth scheme. i think they should train people in classes that they want. i dont want to sail lasers, i want to sail in moths or something exciting not lasers. btw does anyone have an idea of a good weight for a moth helm?

On the contray I think we have a fantastic youth system in this country and although it doesnt suit everyone I cant think of a system that would. I decided it wasnt for me and traded the radial for a moth and havnt looked back once.

Moth weights: The fact the rig can be totaly customised means you can be competative in a relatively large weight range but the average is probibly about 70kgish for lowriders. Most of the top foilers are closer to 60 though for obvious reasons


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