The Tasar v the Icon

Well let's just say this, other than the One day round island events locally I've only ever entered three dinghy events, two 'nationals' the first an Iso event years ago where some arrogant knob end in a dinghy insisted we wear buoyancy on a sea flat calm roasting hot day instead of it being hoisted in the rigging close at hand, the RS100 debacle and the Forum Open meeting at which you couldn't find a nicer bunch of folk, so yes attitudes do reflect. (I was even nice to that nasty shouty Phantom man who God punished later by freezing him to his tent.)

So how are the RS100 Nationals numbers, increasing are they?

And this is no reflection on RS staff, I've always found them to be helpful cheery and good craic, so maybe it's just their surly customer base.. (And before you start, note how many new RS Boats I've had)

Edited by iGRF - 15 Jul 14 at 9:50am

Originally posted by Rupert Originally posted by iiitick Regarding all this jolly ho,ho, boozing most of it never happened, just inaccurate memories of not very mis-spent youth. It all sounded pretty accurate to me!

Should it be then Rupert this

"If you remember being at the ****** in ^^^^ then you weren't really there"

Insert whatever class you like on the ****** and year for ^^^^

Edited by maxibuddah - 15 Jul 14 at 9:47am

Originally posted by iiitick Regarding all this jolly ho,ho, boozing most of it never happened, just inaccurate memories of not very mis-spent youth.

It all sounded pretty accurate to me!

I just have a great time being connected with the sport of sailing. No one has ever been unkind to me,  offended me or ignored me. 

Last Nationals I went to (and organized) had Pimms by the bucket load, and while there were 4 races, it was only 2 to count, and if you got lapped, you got finished next time through.

The answer to the specific problem of being timed out is not to DNF, but to go back down through the fleet giving finishing positions where you are at the stated time.

As for hotshots - chance would be a fine thing in the Minisail - when I'm the hotshot, you know there are no pro jockeys involved. You should try one, Grumph, it is what the windsurfer developed from! You never know, you might find you even like the 50's technology unbattened sail - after all, you got a soft sail made for the eps? Most are even made from GRP, you can run them up the beach - what the hell, the hulls are so cheap you could trash one every week and it would cost you far less than the depreciation on a new boat.

They are very slow upwind, though. But a hoot on a planing reach.