Hello! Newbie here. Newbie to sailing full stop, let alone Phantoms. So; plenty of capsizes but getting better. I've got transom flaps (that work okay) and self bailers (that need a fair draw to get anything through) but the dinghy takes ages to empty after inversion. Fine when cruising but a real PITA in the first race I did - ended up giving up as it was crazy weather-vaning with all the water in and couldn't get the thing moving to empty it. As soon as it started to move it snapped back to the dead zone!
I understand the differences and pros and cons of the higher floor boats, but can't help be envious of my friend who's Ovi hulled Phantom clears in seconds. I do need the extra space, being tall, fat and old. Is there a way of converting the wooden, low floored hulls into an open transom design? I think I know the answer but thought I would try here first.
