Johanna
Laser 4.7/Radial
Hi everybody!
As a fairly new laser sailor, i was wondering if you had some advice about sailing downwind in a laser. Last sunday i went sailing a race at my local club with some other teenagers but especially when i was tired (the wind was around 6 bft) i found it really difficult to handle my boat and avoid capsizing. (I capsized and capsized again after like 30 seconds I righted the boat) So i was wondering if you could help me, and maybe other (new) laser sailors, with this problem as the boat is quite unstable when i'm sailing downwind.
Somethings about me that may help:
Rig: 4.7
Lenght: 1.75m
Weight: 65 kg
Age: Almost 16
(I know i should be sailing with a radial rig, but i find it hard to control the sail (because i'm just not strong enough yet, and i'm having some physical problems with my knees and wrists))
Thank you a lot in advance!!
Johanna
As a fairly new laser sailor, i was wondering if you had some advice about sailing downwind in a laser. Last sunday i went sailing a race at my local club with some other teenagers but especially when i was tired (the wind was around 6 bft) i found it really difficult to handle my boat and avoid capsizing. (I capsized and capsized again after like 30 seconds I righted the boat) So i was wondering if you could help me, and maybe other (new) laser sailors, with this problem as the boat is quite unstable when i'm sailing downwind.
Somethings about me that may help:
Rig: 4.7
Lenght: 1.75m
Weight: 65 kg
Age: Almost 16
(I know i should be sailing with a radial rig, but i find it hard to control the sail (because i'm just not strong enough yet, and i'm having some physical problems with my knees and wrists))
Thank you a lot in advance!!
Johanna