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    Posted: 13 Feb 14 at 12:33pm
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Originally posted by yellowwelly

out of curiosity, what would it need to do to make you want to change from the lightning/moth/laser... or what are you hoping for from the RS-0 to be significantly different?

Simple, I want laser like sailing experience but with a better, more controllable rig.


Didn't your Supernova fulfil that requirement?

No. You should know, you have seen me sail it.
 The m7 mast is far to stiff for a light weight like me, even the fat boys in the British moth fleet wouldn't use one. My ideal boat has to have the speed of a laser, crossed with the rig control a have with the moth or the lightning."




Not sure I understand that with the Supernova. It offers a much greater ability to depower than virtually anything I have sailed before. One of the frequent champions has won Nationals in big winds and is under 75kg so unless you are superfly would have thought it wouldn't be an issue.  

With the cunningham full on and the forestay dropped back I can sail it flat and unfeathered up to 18 knots and yet still can be fully powered at 8 knots. Mast is reasonably stiff I 'd agree, but the controls more than compensate. It gives me a greater control range than my Laser with two sails. 

I realise that thin flexi carbon masts are a simpler and increasingly cheap way of extending the broadness of the power range, but I have yet to sail one that matches the range that can be generated by a good traveller (d-one, megabyte) , or adjustable forestay ( Supernova, Phantom, etc ) when combined with a decent cunningham set up.








Edited by SimonW99 - 13 Feb 14 at 12:33pm
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For the month of April 2013 I was fortunate to have sole use of the D-Zero prototype "Punk". I consider myself to be an average club sailor and am in my mid-50s. I primarily sailed the boat at Grafham Water during this period, and have also sailed her on open water in decent waves, and in estuaries and rivers, in winds ranging from 5kts to gusting 30kts.
 
The prototype boat was a delight to sail in all the conditions I encountered. Light on the helm with low sheeting loads, the boat is very responsive, sails very accurately upwind with electric downwind acceleration and performance, very well behaved on all points of sailing with no bad habits.
 
 
I look forward to seeing how Devoti Sailing have commercialised the "Punk", and going for a sail in the production boat.
 


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Looks nice and as if it'll be pretty quick, certainly in those conditions. Looks to be a semi battened Mylar sail so should be quite progressive and point well.
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IASxU3MnBY8&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIASxU3MnBY8%26feature%3Dyoutu.be

Some sunny punk boat (D Zero prototype) action somewhere in deepest eastern Europe last summer to help take our mind off flooding. Similar weather for the demo tour already ordered.

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Originally posted by rodney

Having been accused of lurking here I thought that, perhaps, it's time to explain our plans for D-Zero test sail opportunities.

Suntouched are waiting for a firm delivery date for our first order of D-Zeros to hit the UK (you may imagine that the demand from the Devoti dealer network and the Dinghy Academy in Valencia is quite high but I am expecting that we will be at, or near the top of the list).  As soon as we have this date, hopefully by the end of next week, we will do a press release and I will also post on this forum about our plans do a series of test days throughout the UK.  We will try to ensure that we have sufficient geographic coverage to suit all and plan to bring at least three D-Zeros with us to these events.  We would be happy to talk to you about running a test day or weekend at your club if you can drum up enough interest.   Please contact us if you are interested in arranging a D-Zero demo day or weekend and we will send you our 'D-Zero demo event pack' as soon as it becomes available Smile  If you want a simpler life but still would like to test sail a D-Zero just contact us and we can let you know when and where you will be able to stretch your legs in a D-Zero.

Before you ask I can confirm that we are hoping to finalise UK pricing for the D-Zero next week.  Again we will be doing a press release on this.




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Having been accused of lurking here I thought that, perhaps, it's time to explain our plans for D-Zero test sail opportunities.

Suntouched are waiting for a firm delivery date for our first order of D-Zeros to hit the UK (you may imagine that the demand from the Devoti dealer network and the Dinghy Academy in Valencia is quite high but I am expecting that we will be at, or near the top of the list).  As soon as we have this date, hopefully by the end of next week, we will do a press release and I will also post on this forum about our plans do a series of test days throughout the UK.  We will try to ensure that we have sufficient geographic coverage to suit all and plan to bring at least three D-Zeros with us to these events.  We would be happy to talk to you about running a test day or weekend at your club if you can drum up enough interest.   Please contact us if you are interested in arranging a D-Zero demo day or weekend and we will send you our 'D-Zero demo event pack' as soon as it becomes available Smile  If you want a simpler life but still would like to test sail a D-Zero just contact us and we can let you know when and where you will be able to stretch your legs in a D-Zero.

Before you ask I can confirm that we are hoping to finalise UK pricing for the D-Zero next week.  Again we will be doing a press release on this.
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Originally posted by The Moo

Originally posted by Blue One


Originally posted by yellowwelly

out of curiosity, what would it need to do to make you want to change from the lightning/moth/laser... or what are you hoping for from the RS-0 to be significantly different?

Simple, I want laser like sailing experience but with a better, more controllable rig.


Didn't your Supernova fulfil that requirement?

No. You should know, you have seen me sail it.
 The m7 mast is far to stiff for a light weight like me, even the fat boys in the British moth fleet wouldn't use one. My ideal boat has to have the speed of a laser, crossed with the rig control a have with the moth or the lightning.

Anyway changing the subject, are you going to come with me to the demo day and try an icon or are you just going to do what Ann tells you and get a enterprise? Lol  LOL






Edited by Blue One - 13 Feb 14 at 12:22am
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Originally posted by Blue One


Originally posted by yellowwelly

out of curiosity, what would it need to do to make you want to change from the lightning/moth/laser... or what are you hoping for from the RS-0 to be significantly different?

Simple, I want laser like sailing experience but with a better, more controllable rig.


Didn't your Supernova fulfil that requirement?
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You can tell how geographically challenged they are when they consider oxford to be in the Midlands.  It's no wonder they fear travelling to the north, they might have to go as far as Northampton!
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even as a committed southern type, I have to say that the lack of effort up north is lamentable on the part of a large chunk of the 'dinghy sailing industry' 
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