Re: Dinghy sailing in bigger winds

Matt Colie wrote:
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> 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>.
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Matt,

I must take issue with you there.

A Cadet has, according to the UK web site, a sail area of "4.55 / 4.65 
square metres".  I assume that this is the white sail and spin****r 
area, it sounds about right.

A Laser has a sail area of 7 square metres.

According to this, if 75Kg is too light for a Cadet with 4.55 square 
metres, a Laser sailor needs to be well over (75/4.55*7)Kg, that's 
115Kg.  I assure you that most laser sailors are not that heavy.

Andy