Interesting comments on dolphin strikers. Anecdotal evidence tells me strikerless is best... The co-owner of my Nacra 6.0 suffered the loss of the dolphin striker, and hence the front beam, due to corrosion in the striker (i.e. where it was drilled for the bolt to connect one end to the beam). On another occaision, I lost a large chunk of flesh from my shin to the same dolphin striker when my helm hurled me forward off the boat as we hit a deep trough while trapezing, with the inevitable result as I swung back in towards the beam (actually quite hilarious, and a source of many a laugh - he refused to slow down while I recovered myself, and more to the point gave me a good tongue lashing for abandoning ship without permission. His face was a picture when he finally saw my leg! Also, as we were in Aruba, plenty of tales abounded about getting out of the water quickly, to escape the sharks attracted by the blood! - and before anyone asks - no, there weren't really sharks - but our wives didn't know that!).

Anyway, by comparison, my Spitfire is strikerless, and has proven itself to be robust and leg friendly. Guess which I prefer!