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    Posted: 22 Dec 05 at 8:29pm
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does anyone know the optimum weight bands for sailing the laser 4.7, radial and standard rigs.  i keep getting different opinions from everyone and i'm not really sure what to make of it all.  I'm 50kg and was sailing a 4.7 but now it seems like all the racing is in radials.  I find it really difficult when it gets windy but i'm not sure whether I should just put up with it to get some good racing or should go back into the 4.7.  How heavy should one be to sail a radial competitively?
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Put the laser down, and walk away........slowly!
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I have a friend who sails a 4.7....not completely sure how heavy he is...would say about 55kg. and he sails a 4.7....not really big enough for a radial above a f3.

I am 60kg and would be competitive up to about a f5 I've been told

 
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I started in a radial at about the weight and suffered a bit when it got blowwy but would not have swapped it for a 4.7 for any money.

Oh, and buy a decent lightweights boau like a moth or a europe
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Yeah a mothe sounds cool.  i'll never be a heavyweight but i'm a bit of a speed freak so want something fast and i don't care too much if i don't have too much control when it blows!
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If you want something fast then why does a Laser even enter your mind.

A general rule is that if the PY is 3 figures then it's fast.
(I know this is controversial but it's what I think. I can't be bothered to argue the point so if anyone disagrees or thinks differently, good for them, cos I dont care!!!)
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Originally posted by Prince Buster

Yeah a mothe sounds cool.  i'll never be a heavyweight but i'm a bit of a speed freak so want something fast and i don't care too much if i don't have too much control when it blows!


and yet you've just moved into a radial...
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cos i'm only 15 and havn't got enuf money 2 buy a really fast boat mr.strawberry. 
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but have you seriously looked? if you can afford a half decent laser you can afford a moth... 600s are probibly only just above your weight range and are going quite cheeply at the moment if you want to grow into something
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This is an awesome boat and your not gonna dind a decent laser for less!

http://www.moth.nl/SecondHand/ItemDetail.jsp?stsh=37&lng =1&shaNr=591
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