So how do we bring more women into racing Lasers? Do the mixed fleets deter them?
Also, the female fleet is generally driven away from Radial and Laser sailing when the regattas are planted in windy loactions. If you want to have fewer women, schedule major events in Corpus, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz
Am I the only chick on the planet who likes huge breeze?
I always want to know where the Masters women are.
Maybe if the Radial fleets increase at Masters events, more women will come. Has the rig-changing rule led to more women participating? It seems like it would.
Where is Steve Orosz when you need him?
Come to the Laser PCC's in San Francisco Bay!
Go to the PCC's web page and sign up now!
Girls want to play just as much as the boys do. The problem which we must solve is "on what?"
At my club the Radial is a new concept, so I'm hoping that it will still be the boat. And what about the 4.7 for smaller women and girls?
It depends on whether smaller women and girls would be satisfied with their lot in teh community where they are offered to participate providing they do their sailing in underpowered slow and less responsive versions of the much better boats larger women and boys and men sail.....
Perhaps I am too much of a wome's libber. Doesn't it seem that it is way past time for somebody to build toys FOR THE GIRLS??
Actually, there is already a great boat for women and I own one, the Europe Dinghy. It only weighs 100 lbs, so it is much easier to launch. It has a carbon mast and each mast is designed for the weight of the sailor. The boat is a dream in waves. With it's functioning traveler, it can point amazingly well. There are a couple of downsides to the boat, one its expense, $8000 or more, and two, the boom is so low when cleated that most sailors have to tack backwards to get under it. This is something I've tried only once. It gave me vertigo.