Topper Spice

Yup, spot on Rich96.   I would add that if I got on a 600 it would sink if it hadn't fallen over first!!.  They do look great fun, but seems to me you need a serious amount of time on the water to be anygood on one. ( Bet it's a laugh trying though).

As you say, "horses for courses" and they do go like stink when they are in the groove.

Jim, I should think that with the new Cherub rig and twin wires, very soon every day will be a Cherub day (for a while).  You guys are doing a great job for your class.

Reading back through this, a thought struck me. There are lots of folk in the sailing world (in the UK at least) who seem to spend their time and effort looking for a new class to sail, whether it be because they want the latest whizz-bang twin-wire screamer or for any other reason. Just wondering whether these people ever really get the best out of their sailing, themselves or their boat? Most boats take some time to get used to, and even more to really sail well. I sail a Flying Dutchman. All the things people seem to want these days are not available to me - class racing at my club, big fleets at Open meetings, blah, blah, blah. It's taken me several years to start to understand the boat, the rig and how to make it really go.

So why sail it? Because it's the only boat I really want to sail! I love it. That's surely the answer. Put your money and time into a boat you really like, whether it's the fastest, latest best thing or not. If all the sailors in UK owned boats they really love, there would be no rows of RS800's or whatever sitting in boatparks on Saturday afternoons, cos they'd be out sailing!

Stuff fashion, find a boat that does it for you, and stick with it. If that's an Ent, fine. If it's a Bosun, I'd worry a bit, but still fine. Just go sailing!!

that is the inportant thing that you have fun in what you sail