59er v rs400

Why not stick a trap on the 59 er then ! , if there's not a lot about nor expected , unless mast won't take it .

 

Worked a treet on the heron screwed pad eyes into gaff, bit o d12 and weese offski , when blowin of course .

Back to thread all good boats and if you've a class all the better.

 

I have thought about the trap idea but now there's three 59ers in the club we just as well stay in class. Peter LOL but can't be doing that pole thing, 505 with assymetric would be great!

Peter, you're missing the point, it's not that it's difficult, it's just I find asymmetric sailing is more pleasurable.

I agree to the idea that the british market has long been lacking a well sorted single trapeze assymetric boat, im very surprised that to this day both laser and RS (especially RS) have not risen to the challenge. And before anyone comes away with it, the Vago is a more all round boat not a top end club racer / national level racing machine. For a while i considered the cherub to be the only worth while single trap asy. boat out there, as the 4000 is beggining to age slightly (despite still being a very very good boat). Perhaps Julian Braithwait has the right idea by adding a trap. to the 29er, but this is only an upgrade style modification, and not an all new design of boat. Also just to say i was not disrespecting the cherubs move to twin trap. in my previous statement, infact i think the new rules are the best thing to happen to the class in a long time, coming from a development class, its good to see one of these classes receivng a lot of positive focus. However back to the point, have you considered a cherub, i know its a branch away from what you originally looked at but at that weight you could manage it, or even consider a 49er, both will teach you more than the 59er and 400 (not that these boats will teach nothing, but with evident niggles either way as seen in this thread) perhaps you should consider a different style of boat. 

Originally posted by redback ...Now we are talking about it having a small sail area.

Small spinnaker I said, not small sail area. The white sails are reasonably generous, hence it carries weight well on the sea. And anyone at my club will tell you that's no new observation from me!