D-Zero

Originally posted by Medway Maniac Hopefully your sailing committee will be enlightened enough to watch your performance over a lot of days with varying weather, and bear in mind your past performance before they start playing with the PY.

From my point of view (Handicap Fleet Captain) I'll be wanting to see the winter results before we change anything.  We do primarily handicap racing through the colder months, and  IMO this will provide the best feedback. 

It's going to be interesting to see what Paul's fellow racers come up with though...

Planing upwind with such a narrow beam/low righting moment. I am impressed.

Hopefully your sailing committee will be enlightened enough to watch your performance over a lot of days with varying weather, and bear in mind your past performance before they start playing with the PY.

The D-Zero Roadshow yesterday was a great success and was, for the first time, at two different venues (Clevedon SC in North Somerset and Restronguet SC in Cornwall).

Winds in Clevedon up to 22 knots with steep, sort waves which I am told is typical for the venue. We had about a dozen sailors out in the D-Zeros with sailor weights ranging from 62 Kgs (136 lbs) to 95 Kgs (210 lbs) and everyone returned to the shore with a huge grin :)   Feedback was that they all loved the D-Zero and were amazed at how kind the boat was on all points of sailing. With comments such as 'breathtaking with no vices' and 'unbelievably stable given the performance of the boat' we were happy with our day at Cleveden. Our thanks go to Cleveden SC for hosting the event and also for the free beer at the end of the day :)

A further report on Restronguet (which I understand also went very well yesterday in 15 knot winds) will follow soon along with some pictures from both events.

yep, although I must say after reading that bonafide poster's post about a 'mate who went down the mine', it feels like I've dodged a bit of bullet, you lot without your housing woes are the real mugs...  

ooh, be careful rodders.... the water can be a bit three dimensional over there, it would be awful if you captured it sailing offwind in waves, what would the SA sock puppets say to that hey?