*KABOOM*

I just wanted to know how many tacks you made while going to windward on a "standard" W/L course

I weight in at 98-100kgs these days. In very light conditions I agree the lightweights have an advantage. In other conditions I dont care. The differences are not that large and in strong conditions the heavies gain on the featherweights. It all evens out over time and a making poor start is probably worse than carrying 10-20 kilos more than the other boat.
If one obsesses over weight in light conditions the race is already lost. Sailing is mostly a mental game (skill/knowlegde/attitude) so it is easy to lay the foundation for a poor race or even a poor season on the beach or while typing on a keyboard

I think we have had this discussion before so I'll leave it from here

(I am loosing weight these days but not becouse I want to improve on my sailing)

Thank you for all the input. The beauty of the Finn was that it ultimately came down to time on the water and a keen understanding of mast/sail combination to get to the first mark. The huge speed differences came off the wind, in the mid wind range, where everyone is a rock-star. Or rocking-star. It seems more ballast in the butt is concealed until you go off wind in the Mid wind range. I would always take limping upwind if I could hold my own downwind. I felt there may be an older boat design, with fuller hulls and larger sail plan, that has been dismissed by 85% of the crowd. It would have been a boat designed in a light wind area, that just was not controllable by the majority of smaller people that dominate the sport. I once owned a Super Cat that had huge hulls but the rig was poor. I dissagree with the one gentelman that talked about the length of time to become competitive. Some of my best races are when I know no one and they don't know me. Pecking order ruins many of race for the majority. I appreciate the input and will be looking for a boat. I have a picture of Paul Elvstrom in the Olympics with his daughter Trine sailing a Tornado. That is a priceless photo and I will want the same picture with my daughter Trine.

All the best to you.

His point was finding the boat that you can be comfortable with and its fleet takes about year. Sounds about right.