Best double hander for Solent racing ?

    Hopefully we will have a trial sail in a members boat this evening.
we are still both looking at RS400's and thinking '' loverly looking boat ''.......

Edited by trev55555 - 17 Jul 15 at 6:51pm

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trev55555 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 30 Jun 15 Location: Gosport Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote trev55555 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Best double hander for Solent racing ? Posted: 16 Jul 15 at 8:17am
	Hopefully we will have a trial sail in a members boat this evening. we are still both looking at RS400's and thinking '' loverly looking boat ''....... Edited by trev55555 - 17 Jul 15 at 6:51pm

laser193713 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 13 May 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 889	Post Options Post Reply Quote laser193713 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 15 at 10:21pm
	My vote is the 400, in fact I am thinking about one for a winter project at the moment. They can be picked up for £1500 and the sails are fully battened so seem to last forever. I would rather turn up at an open with a scruffy set and do alright than spend another grand on a good set and still just do alright. Then the following year, maybe splash out on some new sails. I can't imagine that the whole fleet is on the new style sails yet and apparently they don't really make any speed difference anyway so there must be some good old style sails going VERY cheap at the moment.

Pierre Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1532	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pierre Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 15 at 9:13pm
	Try an Osprey. A better sea boat by far than a 400

Chad Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 11 Jul 15 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chad Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 15 at 7:02pm
	RS400 seems to be taking the lead here.

Jamesd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 01 Feb 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 377	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jamesd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 15 at 9:00am
	Get a 400! perfect weight for one, great sea boats, especially in the choppy solent, easy/fast to tack for when you inevitably short tack up the solent shores and there are plenty around the solent if you want competition

NickM Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 May 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 328	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickM Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jul 15 at 11:21pm
	Depends on your crew weight. There is quite a lot of sail area and in a F4+, a middleweight crew would have no difficulty trapeezing, especially if you are beam reaching with the genny. The use of the trapeze is technically outlawed by class rules for racing but if you can persuade your club to give you a dispensation, the Class Association used to suggest using the PY -10, i.e. 1082.

Chad Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 11 Jul 15 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chad Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jul 15 at 7:20pm
	Interesting post trev5555555 I was gonna start a v similar post, question to all you experience sailors is.... Would the crew get much chance to jump out on the trapeze in a stratos ?

trev55555 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 30 Jun 15 Location: Gosport Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote trev55555 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jul 15 at 10:19am
	We are still ruminating ........I,ll keep you ll informed......

NickM Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 May 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 328	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickM Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jul 15 at 11:29pm
	Sounds like a good example for sale here: http://www.laserstratos.org.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=948 though maybe a tad above your budget. It's not the most exciting boat but it gives you the chance to do a bit of trapeezing when not racing and is big and stable enough to pop over to Fisbourne for lunch with a couple of friends...

Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jul 15 at 6:29pm
	To be honest, I'm pretty amazed too. Whenever I've sailed one I've wanted plenty of space round me.
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