Cindy Taylor said:I just received the 2005 US Sailing Championships package and the write-up for the Laser Radial states "A good goal weight for the Radial sailor is 165 lbs." Is this a typo? I thought that the Radial was designed for lighter sailors.
Pklink04 said:See this one hits me, im now 18, 5'11" and a wopping 115lbs, yes 115,
Yeah, I bought the standard at weight 155, and had to get a Radial too for higher winds. Vanguard sells more rigs that way, I think, but then I'll bely my name and say I'm cynical. It will be interesting to see if when I become a better sailor, I can sail the standard in winds above 10 knots.WestCoast said:per Vanguard, the ideal weight range for the radial is: 110-150lbs.
your results may vary....... =)
144679 said:i'm 15(16 nxt week) sailing the radial.i weigh 62kgs, and am 1.74cm tall,
Bradley said:I am not real familiar with metrics but 1.74 centimeters is very short. You are about the size of a quarter...haha
With steady winds, I don't have trouble sailing the standard. It's on our narrow reservoir that I get into trouble with fluky winds gusting through gaps in the trees. There's also a whale of a windstream that comes off the manatee building at the Columbus zoo when the wind direction is just right. So I say weigh more on an inland lake or go to the Radial or 4.7, especially if you are only as tall as a quarter!Picaroon said:See http://www.laserforum.org/showthread.php?t=1922 for a previous discussion. 70kg is about max on the sea - inland it's a lot less.
torrid said:This is not exactly on-topic, but I'm gonna add my two cents' worth anyway.
Once you find a rig you like, standard or radial, you need to stick with it. The different size sails have different handling and adjustment characteristics. If you switch back and forth you don't really learn either one.
I'm sort of an inbetween size at 5' 6" and 150 lbs. I have spent the last five years constantly swaping full size and radial rig depending on the wind. In the process I have un-learned everything I knew about the Radial rig and picked up quite a few bad habits. Only recently have I realized that I need to stick with the Radial full-time.
torrid said:This is not exactly on-topic, but I'm gonna add my two cents' worth anyway.
Once you find a rig you like, standard or radial, you need to stick with it. The different size sails have different handling and adjustment characteristics. If you switch back and forth you don't really learn either one.
I'm sort of an inbetween size at 5' 6" and 150 lbs. I have spent the last five years constantly swaping full size and radial rig depending on the wind. In the process I have un-learned everything I knew about the Radial rig and picked up quite a few bad habits. Only recently have I realized that I need to stick with the Radial full-time.