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brodywatt 
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 Topic: Lightweight Sailing DinghyPosted: 23 Jun 06 at 11:32am |
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I’ve had about a 6 year break from dinghy sailing and am now keen to get back on the water with my wife. I’ve been looking at various boats and I get the feeling the RS200 seems to be ideal candidate for a lightweight two person dinghy for a mixture of cruising and racing. I want something with a bit of speed but being my wife is new to sailing a trapeze boat is out of the question. Is the RS200 a good choice or does anybody have any other recommendations?
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Strawberry
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 11:35am |
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Do you realise the RS200 has an open transom? Is this good for cruising? I don't know, I don't do crusing.
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brodywatt
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 11:43am |
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Ok, sorry by crusing I meant just going out sailing for a few hours for fun, not an extended trip. Basically I just mean I wouldn't want to race 100% of the time.
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Strawberry
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 11:46am |
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Ah, I see. I thought you meant putting on your best Sunday gear and taking a picnic basket. Had an image of everything getting a bit soggy. I'm sure you can imagine...
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29er397
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 12:02pm |
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sounds like you may have hit the nail on the head with the 200, i can't really think of anything else similar to it.
Although there are some fairly stable platforms for learning to trapeze. someone at my club was lucky to be pushed out into a boat untill se had a go trapezeing on a mk4 osprey, now she loves it and they have just bought an old osprey so she can trapeze all the time! |
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yellowhammer
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 12:16pm |
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Laser 2000 is less tippy than a 200, but still easily manageable by lightweights (parent and young child combinations race in their class series events). A very friendly class with a growing number of clubs having fleets. More relaxing than the 200 as a 'cruising' boat, but still has very competitive front runners at class events, blended with a very welcoming family racing scene for all levels of ability down the fleet. The L2000 class also have 5 or 6 coaching days dotted around the country each year See www.laser2000.lasersailing.com for more, I'd recommend it. Boats retain value amazingly well (try finding a used one of any age for below £4500) The other advantage is they're privilidged to share some events with the 3000s Aren't RS 200s and 400s losing popularity a bit? We're starting to see people moving out of the 400 class at our club. Haven't looked at the Nats tables, but they can be misleading anyway |
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yellowhammer
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 12:33pm |
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PS It also has a half-depth transom (to keep the sandwiches dry) and bench seats inside the gunnels, there's even a 'wine cooler' in the foredeck ... all you need is your picnic rug Still has reasonable performance: RS200 PY 1059, Laser 2000 PY 1089, i.e. the Laser is rated just 3% slower, but is maybe a little less competitive on PY in handicap racing |
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MRJP BUZZ 585
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 1:24pm |
and buzzes and iso's at herne bay this w/e Edited by MRJP BUZZ 585 |
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Harry44981!
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 1:36pm |
The 200 fleet at our club is gorwing, suppose it depends where you are. |
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feva_sailor
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Posted: 23 Jun 06 at 4:55pm |
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what about a sport 16 1 trap but dosnt really need to be there.less stable than a laser 2000 but stabler than a rs 200
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