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    Posted: 25 Aug 06 at 7:19pm
Hi all,

My crew goes off to university next month and as I'm struggling for another, I shall probably return to singlehanded sailing.

I'm 57kg (so ok - not a lightweight but lightish!) and am looking to sail a singlehander with some go, without being constantly overpowered.

I'd love an rs300 but those with the smaller rig appear to be something of a rarity - also I understand that the A rig isn't actually that much smaller than the other anyway so I don't know how great an option that would actually be!

What are my options??

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ALSO - RS200 240 FOR SALE, if interested email hollyhewat@hotmail.co.uk for more details.
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ur  kinda in the black  hole of the dinghy market   theres not really any boats built for singlehanded lightweights with wings  etc.

a laser radail is a good boat with a good circuit and is easy to sail. an rs 300 at 57 kg could be possible but in a breeze you need to  work very hard upwind and it would test ur muscles 
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On the other hand the 300 rig is easily depowered.
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The usual suspects would include:

Laser Radial; some poeple love 'em, some hate 'em. Underpowered in light winds, but it doesn't matter if you are class racing.

Streaker; Resurgent class, with new Rooster boat and plenty of 2nd hand boats at a range of prices. More popular in the north for some reason.

Byte; Possibly declining, but now with a sexy new rig. Look very good, but not sure of the future.

Lightning, Comet. Don't know anything about them, but that is not a criticism. They just aren't sailed at my clubs!

 RS300 A rig, and Moth. If you are good enough.....

The 300 is very nice, and the A rig is pretty manageable, but you need to practice, take advice and go to a few opens. The Moth the same only more so!

PM me if you want to talk about the 300, I had both rigs.

 
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Originally posted by Rob.e

The usual suspects would include:

Laser Radial; some poeple love 'em, some hate 'em. Underpowered in light winds, but it doesn't matter if you are class racing.

Streaker; Resurgent class, with new Rooster boat and plenty of 2nd hand boats at a range of prices. More popular in the north for some reason.

Byte; Possibly declining, but now with a sexy new rig. Look very good, but not sure of the future.

Lightning, Comet. Don't know anything about them, but that is not a criticism. They just aren't sailed at my clubs!

 RS300 A rig, and Moth. If you are good enough.....

The 300 is very nice, and the A rig is pretty manageable, but you need to practice, take advice and go to a few opens. The Moth the same only more so!

PM me if you want to talk about the 300, I had both rigs.

 



the 300 is nice but there dont seem to be many for sale at the moment. Plus theres no a rig boats for sale on the net
that could be a problem
 
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lightning 398? fun fun fun? laser speed but with more battened main and a carbon top section mast, nice boats.

 
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I knew the laser radial would come up but to be competitive on the circuit I need to put on about 8kgs which I don't much fancy!

Neither streaker, byte or lightning have any appeal as I don't know anyone with one and I'm not feeling that they're too interesting!

I've already had the moth suggested and it does appeal though another friend did struggle with his for a while and I sail on a busy river a fair amount of the time - it's not really suited to moth sailing but I've definitely considered it!

It would seem that a 300 at my weight (bearing in mind I'd like to loose a bit more ideally!) may be somewhat challenging, that's if I could even find one for sale with an A-rig!!

Thankyou though and please keep your comments/suggestions coming guys!!


RS200 240 FOR SALE, if interested email hollyhewat@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

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As its me you'll see this coming but anyway
DIDDY RIGGED 600!!!! 

With 13.1% less sail area than the big rig and you weighing 9.5% less than me means you'll easily be able to cope with around 3.6% more leverage than me!  And even though thats the dodgiest of maths you might ever see......numbers never lie! 



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Originally posted by Doug.H

As its me you'll see this coming but anyway
DIDDY RIGGED 600!!!! 

With 13.1% less sail area than the big rig and you weighing 9.5% less than me means you'll easily be able to cope with around 3.6% more leverage than me!  And even though thats the dodgiest of maths you might ever see......numbers never lie! 

Now thats classic maths Doug.H

tho I think you would find it a challenge Holly.

Where do you sail Holly,couldn't you crew/helm for someone else?
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International Europe would be another possibility. Lovely responsive boats. http://www.europeclass.org.uk/
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