D-Zero

I am persuading Er Indoors she wants one instead of a Lightning.  No ulterior motive, honest Guv.  She is bang in the middle of the weight range (I know she wont mind me divulging that). 

And I could sail it when it's windy....

Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by Medway Maniac A boat that narrow will derive quite a lot of its righting moment from hiking.  It's not for you Grumph. Yeah you're probably right, he was hanging out a lot at the FOM, but then I couldn't get near him even with the wings on my EPS and they come with other issues, like windward capsizes if the wind suddenly drops or heads, it's not much fun being short upper body in a dinghy, not like windsurfing where you just cant the rig further over. It's such a lovely boat though..

Originally posted by Medway Maniac A boat that narrow will derive quite a lot of its righting moment from hiking.  It's not for you Grumph.

Yeah you're probably right, he was hanging out a lot at the FOM, but then I couldn't get near him even with the wings on my EPS and they come with other issues, like windward capsizes if the wind suddenly drops or heads, it's not much fun being short upper body in a dinghy, not like windsurfing where you just cant the rig further over.
It's such a lovely boat though..

Bit of a shame the control lines don't come out to the sides for easy adjustment and I don't really understand how that traveler works? Any ideas, is that ring spliced to the lower line? Is that the cleat for it at the back of the toe strap? Seems like a lot of expense and complication to go to for something that still wont be adjustable very easily mid race. The mainsheet going back to a "normal" system is a bit of a shame, that tunnel looked great before and made the cockpit look huge!

Originally posted by yellowwelly okay- managed it, I've found something to raise a negative/loaded question... it took a while, but.... wtf is that hole drilled sideways through the bow for?

It's for the painter...

Anyway down to the important bit, what's the price? And don't tell me you can't say before the Dinghy Show else how am I going to know how many notes to bring?


Edited by tgruitt - 26 Feb 14 at 11:01am