V Twin

Originally posted by G.R.F. They could sail it easily, what they couldn't do, is right it once it's gone over, not without the help of a rescue boat... It is an absolute blast to yacht about on in a breeze, but if you do cock up as I did yesterday after another of my dubious control systems jammed and took me over, (The problem at Hythe, once you're out in a breeze especially at High Tide, there's no easy go back sort something out then go back out again, so I shouldn't really have tagged onto the back of a race with a main sheet that was too short and a jib semi permanently sheeted in, not a jib the size of my Alto jib in that breeze. Anyway it had to be tested and now I know, it does turtle big style and if you think it's stable and difficult to put over when it's the right way up you should try righting it with a twenty horse outboard in a fairly hefty sea once it's fully up ended. I did get to study the bottom and noted the centreboard was tilted too far forward though. So it's back to the drawing board with the view of designing something that isn't too knaff to stop the mast going under, that and repairing the damage the prop of the boat did to various bits... Hey ho, not straightforward this boat developing stuff is it? I think someone got some pics early on, and my GPS stuff didn't function when it "lost contact with the satellites" presumably when the iPhone was under the hull and under the water for a fair time whilst I puzzled as to how to get it back up the right way before we drifted all the way to Folkestone, so I've no idea what speeds we achieved.

Originally posted by G.R.F. Hey ho, not straightforward this boat developing stuff is it?

olympic womens sailors probably couldnt sail this too...

As with all these things, 'It depends'.
a) On who is sailing it
b) On where it's being sailed
c) On the course

So if a good sailor is sailing it on a big lake with  a one tack beat, and offwind legs that just suit the asymmetric, then I'd say it will beat an  RS400 over the water in winds of say 3 kts +.
BUT If its sailed by a beginner on a small shifty pond then it will potentially fall into the clutches of RS200s and Vareos in any winds.
In less than F1 its a dog - no other word suits better.
In F2 its very sailor / course dependent.
In F3 its exceptionally quick offwind and  if trapezing (IE not a porker) quick upwind.
In F4-5 its very quick off and up wind, but waves downwind can catch you out.
In F6+ Its very quick upwind - but steep chop /waves getting to be an issue. Its very quick downwind but waves are a BIG issue.

I don't know of any trapeze boat that's really good on PY in light winds - it's not their thing. The Vortex is no worse than most. 
No it doesn't sink when I go to the bow(s). It suppose it might if I tried to 'hang ten'.

Anyway, I'm still intrigued to see how the V twin measures up in terms of speed and manouvreability.

If it's any consolation, in sub-wiring wind and I could beat an asymmetric one in my Vareo..... over the water.