Recently returned to dinghy sailing after a 40 year break, looking for a single hander with a spacious cockpit and have been pointed towards a wooden Phantom.
Briefly, do the wooden Phantoms have more cockpit space than the plastic fantastics? or maybe it depends upon who built them.
I am too tall and too heavy for a Laser, and a lot less agile/supple than when I sailed before. I am looking for legroom and space between the floor and the boom. I want to race socially rather than out and out warfare, our club sails on an inland river with the usual mix of dead patches, gusty patches, variable wind direction and restricted space. Plenty of tacking, little planing, nowhere to get a good speed and hold it.
What are your thoughts?
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