Where are all the RS300s?

Sorry about causing confusion, the A rig certainly is not getting scrapped; it is the weight limitations for the A & B rig that hopefully will disappear, leaving everyone free to choose either size of rig (but not swap about).

This has the bonus of allowing me to stop eating pies just to stay above the weight threshold for the B rig. As after a winter at uni I come above the weight range comfortably (beers, pies & team racing) but after a summer of sailing I generally am cutting it very fine.

As mentioned already the A rig is doing very well just now. Alistair Wood showed off the speed of the rig at the nationals this year, coming 4th in the first race; after sitting in 2nd round the windward mark (ahead of Cockerill et al).

Oh & Calum u have to get a 300, they're brilliant! And you're probably heavier & you're def taller than me, so you'll have no problem in the 300. I'm sure McG can be convinced too....

There are rules regarding how many times you can swap rigs- once in a season if I remember right, specifically to stop people having to buy two rigs. Abandoning the small rig would be a shame, as it really widens the range of weights that can sail the boat, and makes it much easier to sail, if you use the small rig. In the early days of the class, a few husband and wife teams bought one boat and two rigs!

Originally posted by JimC Trouble is if you do that everyone needs two rigs - a big one for the light and a small one for the breezy days. Its just that the cut off point will vary. Better to abandon the small rig I would have thought.

This is just a rules change being talked about at the moment, I believe that there would be a rule governing this as well to ensure the 'one design' principle remained.  Something in the way of whichever rig you had competed in for previous events you would be forced to continue using for the rest of the year (at events).  This would prevent chopping and changing.....

 

Ian Baillie has heard from Riki at LDC that they have an A-Rig 300 for sale, number 378 and that there are 3 new boats still available from the next batch due to be started this month.
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> Get in contact with Riki at LDC if you are interested or know of someone who is.

Ben

Rs352

No, I think that what John said is right.  The A rig is not being scrapped but they're thinking of ditching the weight cut-offs to let people sail whichever they want regardless of weight.  There was no weighing in at the nationals last year or the year before ( I wasn't there this year)