Riding breeches, unjustly spurned aid
Who doesn't know them, the coaches who drive behind children in strong winds and scream: "Hang, hang, hang!!!" It is often overlooked that the child lacks a decisive aid for proper riding out - a Ausrteithose. If you look at an optimist, you quickly notice that the edge on which you sit is very narrow (about 10cm). If the child hangs now in order to convert the pressure optimally into speed, then the entire body weight of the child lies on this narrow edge. This can quickly become unpleasant and painful. And just for support there are the breeches with integrated battens or similar stiff materials, which ensure that the force is distributed over a larger contact area and thus less pressure on the thighs. So whoever is asked by trainers or opponents to sail without breeches can answer with simple physics and with his new breeches even more efficient and enduring ride out, hang and sail fast.
History of hanging
With a lot of wind, the sailors recognized quite early that it is necessary to put as much weight as possible far out as possible against the pressure in the sail. It was also discovered quite early on that the buttocks represented the centre of gravity of the body, which had to be moved as far out as possible from the centre of the ship. At first this happened in a rather strange way by stretching the buttocks out of the ship with the feet ahead, lying on the belly. It was not until much later that people switched to techniques that brought the massive upper body and head including buttocks outwards and prevented people from falling out of the boat with the help of hanging straps or foot straps. Since then, one hangs with the Sulrand under the thighs. Some ships have such unpleasant kerbs or sulphur edges that they started to create breeches and pants that spread the power and weight of the sailor over a larger area.