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Black no sugar 
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 Topic: RS600 on inland water ?Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 1:57pm |
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You're going to fit right in, with that kind of talk! |
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Contender 649
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 2:08pm |
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At the excellent sailing venue...........Penzance Sailing Club.
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Contender GBR 649
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Black no sugar
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 2:29pm |
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It is a great honour to meet the holder of the PZSC 2005 Capsize Trophy!
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Contender 649
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 2:48pm |
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Two year running no less. If you are going to sail a Contender you have to do it properly
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foaminatthedeck
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 4:45pm |
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The thing I found was that the cheeper 600 tended to be in a much worse state than the contenders for a little more. This was 2 years ago mind. Also the contender is a joy to sail, the 600 is just alright. IMHO I |
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Chas 505
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 4:56pm |
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800 m squared sounds mighty small for anything with a trapeze - better to see what is the most sailed class there....nothing worse than trying to trapeze in untrapezable conditions.
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Life is too short.
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mike ellis
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 4:58pm |
800sqm sounds mighty small full stop. |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 5:24pm |
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dont overlook the rs 300 its a great boat and matches all your requirements
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Marine Boy
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 5:41pm |
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Thanks to everyone for your input - much appreciated.
My club is South Cerney which has shed loads of Lasers, plenty of Solos, quite a few Flying Fifteens, a few rotomoulds, RS200's, RS400's and an RS300 but I have not seen any single handed trapeze boats - I know this should be a hint but I was kind of hoping it was simply because there were no 'adventurers' there. The RS test centre at Burghfield SC is actually slightly smaller than SCSC so I guess the answer is my club is probably OK but even more of a challenge than an open water RS600 learning curve.
All the suggestions sound good - the Contender would be fine except it is quite heavy and lugging it up and down our launching area might be an issue considering I want to do my 'swimming' outside of hours and there will be nobody to help. The Blaze is an attractive option but like the Phantom is just too slow for what I want. The RS300 (IMHO) is a (relatively) difficult boat to master but without massive benefit of speed once you have it cracked (cost/benefit). I am not worried about competitive sailing for the coming season so I am prepared for a long (and wet) period of learning. The one other boat that has caught my eye is the Vortex as it is cheap, a good (gentle) introduction to trapeze helming, forgiving of the wind fluctuations and light. It is also pretty quick with the kite. What I will probably end up doing is to take Marks kind offer of test capsize in a 600. If I feel that the step up is too great then I will use the Vortex as an intermediate then graduate next year.
Wodya fink?
MB
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Rob.e
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Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 6:33pm |
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The 300 does have the massive benefit of speed, and if you think it's hard to master, don't even think of a 600! The 300 is about the same speed as the contender, and would probably beat it on the water a lot of the time. The one at south Cerney is my old boat (318), and has the small rig, so may not be a good one to judge by! I have to say I am very unconvinced by the Vortex- it appears to have a lot going for it, but I've known a few people who've had them, and they just don't seem to do the business (or I might have got one!). Go and try a few boats, I'm sure Garry will let you have a go in his 300- it is probably one of the most underrated boats ever, and should suit the water much better than a trapeze boat.
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