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    Posted: 30 Mar 15 at 10:13am
If you had to make a list, which would be on it?
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According to Steve Cockerill, my physio and my knees, the Laser.

Yep, seriously - straight leg hiking creates a more even strain on the thigh muscles and that keeps the patella centred, whereas bent-leg hiking encourages the outer quad to develop more than the inner quad, which pulls the patella across and turns sailors into cripples.

See http://www.roostersailing.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=hikestyle&Store_Code=1

I have to keep straight legs, cycling or sailing, or my knees are cactus.
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Has to be the Solo. I know I'll get shot down in flames for making such a suggestion, but here goes.
 
I've sailed most of the popular single handers suitable to my weight (75kg), a good modern Solo with fully adjustable toe straps is far and away the best for knees. I can sail straight legged for as long as the quads will take it, then adjust the straps and bent legged for a bit, then back to straight legged.
 
The thing a lot of people don't acknowledge with dinghies and knees is that a lot of the problem comes from kneeling and moving around on your knees down wind. Again the Solo is far better as there's always somewhere to sit, side deck, centreboard case top or thwart.
 
As for trapeze boats, fine if the conditions are right (upwind in a Contender in a force 4 has to be one of the nicest sensations in dinghy sailing) but horrible in marginal conditions, in and out all the time and basically squatting on the gunwale. Again there's the downwind problem (I've owned a vortex and a Contender, both terrible for the knees downwind).
 
Cycling helps a lot as a general form of exercise, seems to work on just the right muscles.
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Originally posted by Chris 249

I have to keep straight legs, cycling or sailing, or my knees are cactus.

That can't be a very efficient way of cycling...
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D-One by a mile, by far and away the most comfortable hiking boat I have ever sailed, and I've sailed quite a lot over the years.
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And presumably because you have the kite, you get to stay sat on the edge offwind unlike monosailers having to kneel in the scuppers downwind.

That was going to be one of my features in the V3 not having to kneel ever.


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Originally posted by iwsmithuk

Has to be the Solo. I know I'll get shot down in flames for making such a suggestion, but here goes.

you've got one backer on that one.  The Solo really was a very comfortable boat to sit out on imho.  (I had Winder Mk 2 so can't comment on some of the older ones)
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JJ boats deep cockpit Phantom. you can sit on the edge of the well downwind and gives you more room tacking.
Not slow either as one has been second at the last two nationals.
Have a look on his website.
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