Matt, you never read anything I post. You skim a word or two and go off on the weight thing.
I weigh 235. Sailing uni I have as much chance as anyone else. My lack of performance, uni, refects my lack of skill. I get that.
But, if I throw another 150-185 pounds on board in the form of an inexperienced crew it makes a lot of difference. I don't want someone unfamiliar with the class to be unaware of the facts.
How would you know anyway? You've never sailed over 300 lbs in you life.
I've got a great idea! Lend me Riley for SF and you take Timbo's son, Tom, all 6' 2" 250 lbs. of him. Hardly a scientific test but it might be fun.
No disrespect to Tom, but one of the few times I've waxed Tback was when he had Tom as crew at KPRR.
You're bsing yourself about weight. It matters. Not as much as skill, but it matters.
Maybe it’s time to lay off the keyboard for a while. You are supposed to be proponent of the class as the current king. Between this and SA some of the boards feel like they did a few years ago.
Jay has a lot more experience on cats than you so do whatever you feel is right.
I sail/race because I love to do it with my family. I apologize for not having a 6-2 250 lb kid. (Peyton is not real happy about it either) I have been on the boat though with weight and am fully aware of how they perform. I’m not going to drive 9 hrs to GA to not race with Riley, but would have no issue at all for swapping at a GYC or other fun weekend. When I sail with Riley and the wind starts up over 12 we start to struggle. If I was going to run an international level campaign I would want to be a bit heavier than I sail with Gina to feel competitive in all conditions. I’m fully about weight mattering, but it varies with the conditions– Give me Tom on a blow and we will rock and be a lot faster around the course than I could be with Riley. And that is a fact if you want to make people aware of things.
