Another What Boat Thread

Originally posted by jspeakman Following on from fellow Hythe shingle jockey Graemef, what's the gen concensus on the Vago. Looking to change from Supernova to 2 hander for me and competant 9 year old son (happily trapezing in a 420 in F3+). Good performance but not too scary. L3000 ok but seems a bit slow in lighter conditions and cramped. Vago ideal on paper - robust and progressive rig but reviews vary from crap to fantastic. Buzz/RS500 possibly?

Lots of threads on this - including earlier posts in this thread.  Ask Sumo, who has one and likes it, for a positive angle.  Everyone else thinks it probably sucks - though few of us have actually sailed it!

It's heavy (85kg hull), the sail area is not huge (similar to a 3000) and the rig is basic.  Less cramped than a 3k perhaps, but more cluttered inside.  If you can afford an RS500, also look at the latest 3000 variant (V3000) and the 29er - which is NOT slow.

Originally posted by jspeakman  L3000 ok but seems ... cramped.

Not cramped any more if you adopt the new aft bridle/off the boom sheeting option, and possibly a Gnav (that's just if you're kind to crews). See the link I posted higher up this thread.

Edited by Medway Maniac

Well, now I've involved half my club here and half the rest of the
windsurfing world, its fitting I've come to a decision.

Had to drop one of the daughters of darkness at Southampton Airport
this morning, and flushed with my recent race successes (Getting round
without upending too often in a force 6-7 and hanging on to our Tim
who's a handy Supernova jockey). I called in to LDC and had one more
look at that RS500, its definitely what I'm looking for, its a bit bigger and
will accomodate my bigger chum, its got the retracting foil which is a
tasty shaped high aspect blade, simple one line spinaker hoist I'm used
to, not that pump thing they have on the RS700, the hull has a relatively
fast looking rocker, it doesn't look as short and squat as the 400 & 200,
its got a decent bit of freeboard, sails are a white scrim mylar that I can
sticker up a treat,the rudder has got the cleat on sideways so the rope
shouldn't fall out while I'm going along.
Its got a rotating thingy for the kicker next to the main cleat tower, in fact
I got so excited I had to slash the plastic while I was there so I'm now on
the waiting list.

Now I just need to figure a way of launch and recovery wihout totally
trashing the bottom and explaining to the bread knife how I won it in a
cross dressing competition.

Edited by Graemef

Hmm, that's fighting talk, maybe I'll bring my beat up chewed
daggerboarded purple peril up there and thrash your shiney new bit of
kit.

Just for the hell of it.

That water looks smooth as a billiard table.



That is if I can remember how to take down the big sticking up pole thing
the sails are attached to.

Nice looking boat, I like mine a lot, but I just can't stand being beaten by
folk having to do no work at all, sitting in their 470 or 505 and coming
past with that self satisfied smug look. Especially after I've nailed them at
the start out tactic'd them on the first beat and they rocket by.

Er yes, no question, its a bigger volume boat has a bigger plate and more
sail area. Wether it will hold a candle to a 5 0 5 remains to be seen, unlikely,
but then i dont want anything that big.

Nothing wrong with 3k's we have a mini class of three of them now, just not
brilliant with heavy crew in light weather, great fun to single hand though.

Purple is the only colour to have, way faster than the yellow ones.