Hi, Looking at starting sailing again after 15 years off (ex Fireball, GP14, Flying 15) and would be grateful for advice on the following (apologies if its all been said before)
Looking to buy a boat for the Nats, Gill Series and club sailing at South Windermere. All up crew weight of 20 to 21 stone. Does this crew weight allow you to chose virtually any design or is it ideally to heavy for a Baggy and to light for a Paradigm?
Am I right in thinking that unless you buy a double bottomed boat of the DCB, Feeling Foolish. etc likes and have it fit out with carbon spars or you will not be top end fleet sailing or does a carbon rig on an AC boat make enough difference ?
Unfortunately I cannot afford £4k plus at this moment so think realistically I'm better off trying to find a good AC boat and be competitive in that fleet. If so, based on the criteria above what would suit, Final Chapter, D8, Baggy1 / 2 ??
Finally, I may be able to crew this year on an ad hoc basis if I can't find the right boat to buy, let me know
Thanks, Dave
Looking to buy a boat for the Nats, Gill Series and club sailing at South Windermere. All up crew weight of 20 to 21 stone. Does this crew weight allow you to chose virtually any design or is it ideally to heavy for a Baggy and to light for a Paradigm?
Am I right in thinking that unless you buy a double bottomed boat of the DCB, Feeling Foolish. etc likes and have it fit out with carbon spars or you will not be top end fleet sailing or does a carbon rig on an AC boat make enough difference ?
Unfortunately I cannot afford £4k plus at this moment so think realistically I'm better off trying to find a good AC boat and be competitive in that fleet. If so, based on the criteria above what would suit, Final Chapter, D8, Baggy1 / 2 ??
Finally, I may be able to crew this year on an ad hoc basis if I can't find the right boat to buy, let me know
Thanks, Dave