The RS100 Owners Thread

1014 was what rs have recomended. That is what I am racing off at
my club.
Keith

Only managed to get to the club for midday, soI took plenty of time
rigging, buy which time all the wind had gone, so still not christened, but
some interesting rigging lessons.

The spinnaker halyard as delivered is way too long, so i shortened it,
eventually by about 2ft, after which kite (static) seems to fill well and the
take away works well, keeping the cockpit clear of a floppy Halyard.

When rigging there seems confusion about the shrouds. The manual talks
about Ferrules below the spreaders on the 8.4 and above them on the
10.2 (not sure why they should be different?

Addendum to the manual says taped ends are at the top, but if so, you
would need to seriously bend the spreaders upwards. Taped ends at the
bottom with Ferrule underneath on the 8.4 looks right and sets right. A
boat delivered last weekend Had tape on the other end from mine! He has
set them up like mine with his tape therefore at the top......

Nick, perhaps we should have the measurements to the ferules from the
top then we can all be sure which way is up?

The elastic take aways only come out about two feet with the pole out, so
seem to hook the kite. I can understand that these may stretch out in a
breeze, but will this work in the light or is this right?

Boat looks fantastic, lots of admirers and I expect further orders to
follow.

Hopefully tomorrows forecast is wrong

S

Launched it this avo after much pratting about putting it together, then
putting it together with the string bits where they probably should be,
and sail no's and GBR first time I've ever put those initials on a rig,
prefering the old K prefix.

It was blowing a two to three with puffs from the East with sunshine,
about as benign conditions as Hythe delivers, a fabulous day. Ruined only
by bending to do something stupid and putting my back out, still not to
worry.

I could wax poetical about if for reams, but in brief it's exactly what I
want in a boat, everything is exactly where you want it, there are so many
extra nice touches, the slot flusher what a cool idea that is, the mast
being foam filled, it's even got bits of string under the gunwhales against
the day it falls over. A truly well sorted boat, well balanced, lively if you're
doing it wrong then you do it right you know instantly, very input is
rewarded, every mistake is punished however so it's not a beginners tool.
There's no way I'd appreciate this if I hadn't trodden the path I have with
all those other boats, it feels like a reward for all that effort, almost feels
like a boat made just for me..

Found myself getting flash, spinnaker running it in close to the beach and
gybing round one of the T15 buoys with the kite up, damn how easy is
that without a forestay, almost self gybing spinnaker. Then nearly hitting
the rock groin cos i can't hold it to high so had to do and emergency
drop, which is a piece of cake.

Hoist and drop can both be done either holding onto the wiggle stick
(carbon indeed) or doing the Musto knee bent shuffle (quicker), only fault
I found, during a gybe I slipped back into the boat on a shiney bit, that
will get some bling stomp traction addition in due course.

All in all I love it love it love it, totally dialed at this point one could
almost say flawless, but I dare say I'll find something, but not today.

It's fantastic to hear so much excitement about something so accessible (deliverry time accepted).

This is going to sound like a bit of an odd question but is the 100 a kneeling or perching boat downwind? Being of the 'knackered knee pursuasion' that is something which is in the back of my mind when I ruminate about 'getting with the programme'.

Does anybody know the delivery time for boats ordered recently?

 

With todays wind you may just manage that rig