The RS100 Owners Thread

The 300 came to market with a weight equalisation rule to try and control sh*t.  The class saw fit to say b**locks and let folks sail with whatever sail they wanted, albeit limited to rig switching mid-season for traveller series scores - probably a concession to get the silly wight equalisation rule dumped, and almost certainly unenforced through the fleet today.  It continues to prosper as an active class, and hopefully a few new boats a year from BY@beer will sustain it.

The 100 came to market with an open sails approach, limiting rig switching between series.  The class saw fit to annihilate the less popular sail choice as some of them thought the 10.2s had an unfair advantage.  Whatever... I think Alex summed it up well above, an unnecessary move, far too early in a class evolution. 

Bottom line multiple rigs... kiss of death, and I wouldn't be surprised if the 8.4 doesn't catch a cold as a result too.  The D-One will easily support a lighter weight sailor as well as the Phantom boys. 

Tim Not So Dim was right, but I think even he would be surprised how quickly the bottom's dropped out of this class.  

I agree on the upwind Rupert, a Radial is definitely significantly faster in a blow (which is why I have one, for those windy days).

Offwind as long as you can get the radial planing all the time then there is very little difference (in my experience on our puddle at Hunts) and you are less likely to swim (and it is a lot of fun hammering a radial round in a blow).