Sailing in your 80% Healthspan

Originally posted by tink Originally posted by Rupert If assuming a boat will capsize,that photo looks better than most. The central buoyancy doing its job well. Agree with that, a 37 plus inch inside leg is tall order mind

Hmmm, 11" out. Might have to jump, or stick with a 4' wide Minisail!

Ignore the hull shape, using free CAD package which allows me to think in 3D

The idea:

• Low freeboard for easy re-entry
• Buoyant seat, fixed athwart-ships but slides fore and aft. Allows for comfy sitting on all points of sailing and wind conditions. Rather than straddling seat would sit with both legs forward, hence cutout.
• Relatively narrow hull not requiring large sail area

Edited by tink - 22 Dec 19 at 7:59am

The idea is not have a toilet seat, wings, excessive beam etc in the way when you climb in off the board plus a traditional thwart all able to move fore and aft. 

Originally posted by tink Originally posted by Rupert If assuming a boat will capsize,that photo looks better than most. The central buoyancy doing its job well. Agree with that, a 37 plus inch inside leg is tall order mind

I had to give up sailing my Europe like Int Moth because it was too easy to right. I couldn't climb on an inverted hull because nothing grippable was within reach. I couldn't climb on the board because the boat righted itself before I got on it, and I couldn't get back in with the boat upright because the weight of the rig capsized the boat on top of me. The solution would have been to lose a few pounds, but somehow I couldn't manage that either...