The RS100 Owners Thread

I think the 100 is out selling very other rs boat that was built in the same time scale be good to see at the end of the year how many are sold and how much if any came onto the 2 nd market at the end of the year would they be worth more or less when bought.As at the moment it seems as if poor old jim cant make them quick enough in thialand.

I think its great to see the class doing so well already and james i still think you will be the rep for the fleet.And i am sure nick thinks the same.

I think that the issue of two PY's in club sailing is running away with itself. At Largs the Laser fleet starts off one start - if you sail with the Radial sail it is off the radial handicap and Full sail off the full handicap. The boat gets the result in a single set of Laser results (i.e you choose which rig and when and sail with the relevant handicap on the day). No one complains and it should work the same in the handicap fleets. Generally the heavy guys sail with the big sail and the lighter guys with small sail with very little rig swapping - except in very windy conditions. (hopefully we'll get one design sailing quickly anyway if Nick and the boys keep going at the rate of sales they are doing now)

In my opinion Nick/ RS are rght to drive the boat down the Full/ Radial (separate classes) route as when the RS100 takes of internationally it will become the interesting alternative to Laser sailing and encourage light and heavy sailors to join the class. (all the better for residual values!)

Suggest the smaller rig has either different colour numbers or a roundal to identify it from the big rig. When you sign on note the ID mark too.

For open's, nationals and internationals it should be two classes, one of which is entered for the entire series with no swapping. (maybe just one start initially)

This is of kind of my pont.  Why does it need to have 2 PY's??  The boat has two sail sizes and both are still called the RS100, therefore its one boat.   The Solo's do a smaller cut down sail, but it sails off the same PY as the full version.  Lasers have different rigs, but they are different classes of boat and as such each rig has a different PY. 

Therefore i think it should be one PY, i don't see thre being much speed difference between the two rigs, in all but the lightest conditions.