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[quote=goodsailing][quote]Don't get over confident until you have some more experience on a H18. Been sailing H18Ms since the late 80s mainly on inland lakes where you can get gusts but if you cant lift the raise the mast without a which then you are smaller than this 180 lb senior that wouldn't even thought of taking out my H18M solo without experience in 15 knots but I do have 25 years singlehandedling that boat so I can. Solo, you can easily get over powered and it will bite you in the butt.
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I"m 200lbs. On several occasions I attempted to muscle up the mast solo and failed. It is not necessarily the weight but how awkward it is. As previously described, getting around the crux was simply too difficult. Besides, I'd prefer to save as much energy as I can to sail. You will note muscles in my hands were nearly maxed out upon entering the water etc. So saving as much energy before entering the water might be a good idea. ( you might wonder how much energy you'd have after struggling to right the boat sole in cooler water etc...)
I'd like to experience being powered up. At 15kts the ride was pretty boring. Suppose to be 18/gusts 25 in few day and I might give it a whirl. If the boat performs nearly the same at 15 as it does at 18 with gusts then I suspect I won't have a problem. Boat was pretty forgiving as compared to Laser. I let go of everything on the Hobie and it came to a halt. Not sure if that would work 18/25. Inland lakes? I'm out in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay which has more dynamic sailing situations I would imagine than lakes. Years? I think hours at the wheel might prove a better bench mark. I have only 3 at 15kts and at 3hrs @ 15 kts I got so bored I headed in. Getting the boat out of the water was more of a challenge.   :lol:  I also think righting the boat solo might prove more of a challenge than sailing the boat powered up but I'm prepared for that having made a righting pole. We'll see though... this is all experimentation at this point.[/quote]

[quote=goodsailing][quote]Don't get over confident until you have some more experience on a H18. Been sailing H18Ms since the late 80s mainly on inland lakes where you can get gusts but if you cant lift the raise the mast without a which then you are smaller than this 180 lb senior that wouldn't even thought of taking out my H18M solo without experience in 15 knots but I do have 25 years singlehandedling that boat so I can. Solo, you can easily get over powered and it will bite you in the butt.
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I"m 200lbs. On several occasions I attempted to muscle up the mast solo and failed. It is not necessarily the weight but how awkward it is. As previously described, getting around the crux was simply too difficult. Besides, I'd prefer to save as much energy as I can to sail. You will note muscles in my hands were nearly maxed out upon entering the water etc. So saving as much energy before entering the water might be a good idea. ( you might wonder how much energy you'd have after struggling to right the boat sole in cooler water etc...)
I'd like to experience being powered up. At 15kts the ride was pretty boring. Suppose to be 18/gusts 25 in few day and I might give it a whirl. If the boat performs nearly the same at 15 as it does at 18 with gusts then I suspect I won't have a problem. Boat was pretty forgiving as compared to Laser. I let go of everything on the Hobie and it came to a halt. Not sure if that would work 18/25. Inland lakes? I'm out in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay which has more dynamic sailing situations I would imagine than lakes. Years? I think hours at the wheel might prove a better bench mark. I have only 3 at 15kts and at 3hrs @ 15 kts I got so bored I headed in. Getting the boat out of the water was more of a challenge.   :lol:  I also think righting the boat solo might prove more of a challenge than sailing the boat powered up but I'm prepared for that having made a righting pole. We'll see though... this is all experimentation at this point.[/quote]

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