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Menno, do you know of any before-and-after statistics?
That's a very touchy subject in our house... My son isn't very tall: touching 5'7'' and he's about 77 kilos. He has gained 5 kilos this winter. All muscles. According to the fit-test at the Dutch Olympic test centre last month, it's indeed all muscles and hardly any fat. Next year, he's destined to transfer from the Radial to the Standard. And the ideal weight is - according to his trainers- 80+ kilos (read: 85 kilos), combined with a length of 6'. Lengthwise, it's not gonna happen... That's' why one of the high-performance skiffs-coaches knocked on his door and started a conversation about a test week in a 49'er.
So yes the MKII sail influences the weight of the sailor. On the other hand: I've seen one of his mates (62 kilos) win the Easter Regatta with a Standard rig. 3 days 8 knots wind, 1 day 14 knots wind.
Menno
And these guys are aggressive at the start, learnt to keep my distance after the first race...
Tell me more! I wasn't on the water. Honestly, I'm not often on the water near the starting line during the starting period nowadays, but I can imagine some situations... It's really something they've picked up in the Optimist I suppose. Those starts are all small wars on the water. I remember my son -then 10 or 11- returning after his first day attending an international regatta (DYR), totally flabbergasted and saying: "They scream, shout and use foul language - even name calling and sometimes pull your boat aw. ay!" Later, when he was older, he always warned young / novice Opti-sailors: "Whatever they do, no matter what, don't be afraid!" Luckily, there's no damage to the boat etc. He once was pulled off the course before the start by the Rescue RIB because he got hit by the end of a boom from another boat. That was a good call from the Rescue crew, btw.
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M
I have a memory that the Sydney Olympic statistics had him at 76 kg. In Rio he was 83, though.I didn't know that Robert S. was below the 80 kg mark when he was younger. I have to tell that to my son. It will give him a morale-boost, no doubt.
Heh. No idea who he is... shows how in touch I am with the current youth scene here...Finnish sailor Valtteri Uusitalo (Perhaps LaLi knows him).
This is a common assumption, but only partially true. Weight differences affect hiking leverage much more: a 2 m person is "only" 33 % taller than someone who's 150 cm, but with the same body mass index, he's 78 % heavier. And that's not even measuring actual hiking position, which diminishes the effect even more.it looks as if low weight can be compensated by length.
This kept bothering me, and I just had to check the numbers If I got it right, you'd have to be nearly 180 kg to get that kind of leverage - about twice the size of the heaviest Laser sailors!For every 1 inch you can get your body out of the boat hiking you pick up 10lbs , (4.5 kilos) of righting moment