Re: Dinghy sailing in bigger winds

On 29 Sep, 15:55, Matt Colie <mattco...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> There are several issues here that have been completely ignored.
> 1 - A cadet class dinghy is set with more sail than 75k of kids can
> handle in a blow <given>.

I don't buy that. I've seen drastically underweight crews handle all
kinds of exotic powerful boats in all kinds of conditions. I've
singlehanded a fireball in a f5 and I've seen someone else single hand
a 505 in the same kind of wind.

> 4 - The boat is swampable(?) self rescue may not be trivial.
>     (We do not know where the boys are sailing and knocking down may be
>                     life threatening due to temperature.)

We can assume they are wearing appropriate kit. Wet or Dry suit. The
days when people sailed open boats in tweed suits are long gone. We
can assume they are safe. I think we can assume a cadet can be safely
righted even if it doesn't come up dry like modern cl*****.

>In actual fact, the upper end of this scale will be
> approaching survival sailing in such a boat.

Survival? Survival? Perlease!