Single handed bigger boat!

how about removing the compromise? Find your favourite club local to you, see what doublehanders they sail and get one of those. Im sure if there is a fleet of them you will be able to find a reliable crew.

Originally posted by G.R.F. Hmm.. Hmmmmm indeed. I wonder if any diligent searching of this fine forum might find previous information contrary to this on the face of it excellent advice.. I'm sure, back in the dim and distant long before the recent love affair with RS there were some fairly heavily expletitive laden descriptions about the Vareo.. By the way what have you decided to call your new 100? Bandit by any chance?

oh dear, double quoting doesn't seem to work and it's lost my reply!!

I was trying to see if you can expand a bit on the issues with the vareo, done a search here and it comes back with over 20 pages and I don't have the time to read all that.

Just checked them out on a few sites and they look like a fun boat that could fit and extra adult for some casual stuff.  But I'm still preferring the look of the vision, all dependent on the weight.


Edited by EdNewman

If you want a boat with plenty of room for two and can still sail well then the vareo does tick all the boxes if you need more speed put the kite up then it flys.

Now days all boats are very well sorted and as james says old ones are as fast as new ones just put a new set of sails on then you have a level playing.The vision is also a very good boat so the choice is yours the vareos do seem to be holding their money very well.

andy

Edited by Rockhopper

We have Vision as a club boat and I really do think it is too heavy for one person to lug around. 

An old style phantom has lots of passenger space.

Depends how windy it is