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It's an interesting comparison. If you're not big and fit enough, the Finn will take control of you where the OK won't. But if you ARE big and fit enough, I suspect a Finn is easier to sail. The OK, with the chine, is 'fiddlier' on a dead run, and fussier upwind. Plus, the Finn's hull handles chop upwind more easily than the OK and there's more length in general. And I suspect the OK is more prone to pitchpoling, with comparatively little volume forward of the mast. Horses for courses. The OK is probably actually more 'technical' to sail in many ways, and the Finn more physical. I sailed Finns before and after gaining quite a bit of strength and weight and whereas the Finn bullied me beforehand, I found it lovely afterwards. And I love the OK for how precisely you have to sail it. Millimetres matter. Hope that makes sense!

@@HughSheehy Awesome! yes, that makes sense. I am a recent convert to the OK, and very much enjoying it at 110kg I am at the heavier end. I've been watching a lot of your videos lately, it let me get my head around the low boom and fair few other niceties that rear camera offer. I did however discover that the centerboard coming completely up on a run is not a good thing :D :D but is certainly a fun boat that requires a lot of attention There are quite a few Finns coming up for sale at the moment over here (NZ) where the OK's still seem to be pretty hard to come by without going new.

@@nzmadmike1 I can't comment on the NZ market, but there were a lot of people here too heavy for Lasers that stayed in them, and too light for Finns who bought them anyway. The OK would (IMHO) have been a great solution for them all but just didn't get the love. On downwind, I was never good enough to sail with no CB in the OK. Maybe it's possible if you can sail up exactly on the chine, but I needed some CB for resistance to sail the angles and to be able to turn. I didn't sail the Finn enough to know, but I don't think I could have managed it there either.

Thanks. That's not the right sail for that mast - which I notice even on video in how the boat reacts to puffs! Plus, I should hike more!

It is if the rocking facilitates a turn