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A question that has been rattling around the club is this: can a Finn pump in a handicap race. I think that its okay for a Finn to pump in handicap race as long as it does within the Finn class rules. I'm not really sure of the justification that the other sailors have that Finns cannot pump...

I posted a while ago about the same topic but I don't think I explained myself that well (not surprising..) and I have had another dispute at my club about it. For clarification, is boat A or B the windward boat and can the force the other boat further by the lee, can the force them to go so far...

I sail a Radial (unless really quiet) on a really shifty little lake. If I am sailing in an average wind of about 15 knots, where I can have the boat fully powered up and lots of 20+ knot gusts blow through for 30 seconds or so all the time, how should I set the boat up? Should I set the Outhaul...

When two boats, side by side, are sailing downwind at the same angle; say around 40 degrees by the lee, which boat is the windward boat in terms of the rule "windward boat keep clear"? Is it the boat whose sails hit the wind first, or the boat to leeward - as if the boats had gybed and were...

I've thrown out my Gull Evolution hiker boots as they have split between the upper and sole, because they are quite rigid and I hike with pointed toes they had to bend. I have been considering either the Zhik high cut race boot or the rooster hiking slippers. I have heard that the Zhik's break...

So I'm around 5 foot and 65kg and pretty stocky. I currently sail a Splash but I have sort of grown out of it a bit. I was wondering if you guys think I would suit a Radial or a Europe better? I sail on a small, very gusty lake. I don't really like lasers that much (hence the reason I choose the...

Hey guys I sail on a reasonable small and very gusty lake but we regularly get strong winds. I was wondering if you guys had any advice for running in high winds? We don't get any waves and there isn't enough room to sail far by the lee of very high onto a broad reach, nor do I have room to put...