I'm just curious, but why does everyone seem to think that they have to go to smaller boats to singlehand?
I know plenty of people who single hand the bigger boats. Aside from capsize recovery, I see no disadvantage to single handing a bigger boat.
If I'm really pushing the boat hard, it's during our Sunday fleet races. We always have a crash boat on Sundays, so I've got plenty of help getting it back up.
Apart from capsize recovery, there is no way I could be competative on a F18 or Hurricane 5.9 in the force 4 or 5 we regularly get here. Even a Spitfire would be a bit much downwind in 25 knots of breeze.
