RS600 on inland water ?

Originally posted by Merlinboy I sailed a 600 wasnt a big fan to be honest, i much prefered the 300.  In terms of what you get for your money a contender is a better bet, after all we all know what LDC stands for and all the 600's i've seen leak like a siv.   For those who dont know what ldc stands for (Leaky dinghy company)

Erm... Niether of my 2 600's are that new so you might expect a bit of a dribble after a sail or two... not at all; neither 609 (thats right, ancient!) or 790 leak at all, not one drop after months of sailing. I might be wrong but i think thats pretty good going for some fairly old boats.

609 has a bit of history, it doesn't look pretty (lets face it, how ugly can a 600 get?!) but it has managed to put up with a fair amount of abuse and still no leaks what so ever. I'd say thats impressive, and some great building.

Personally i love the 600, it's a beast! Really light and REALLY responsive! However as has been said before it is a challenge, and would be even more so on a small piece of water. The contender is also great fun to sail, although can be a bit of a dog in light winds (all boats are really, people just won't admit it ), i'm sure you could get over this if you want to wire, makes it just that little bit more fun i think. From what i've heard the 300 is great and would deffinatly be the hiking boat i would choose.

The single best piece of advice for choosing a boat is to try before you buy. Other people opinions may be helpfull but you will never know what its really like untill you try yourself.

Cheers
Fergus

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Originally posted by Contender 649 The only down side is the boom is low when the kicker is hard on

Er, its pretty damn low even when the kicker isn't on!

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I sailed a 600 wasnt a big fan to be honest, i much prefered the 300.  In terms of what you get for your money a contender is a better bet, after all we all know what LDC stands for and all the 600's i've seen leak like a siv.

 

For those who dont know what ldc stands for (Leaky dinghy company)

I've never sailed a 600, but they do look like fun. I did learn to helm in a Contender though, and it was really good fun, the boat is easily fast enough but controllable.Learning to sail something like this is going to be hard enough that I wouldn't think on your size lake you want to be worrying about where the shore is, which makes me think the 600 is to fast. In my opinion I would suggest you go down the Cotender route. I bought mine for £1300 kept it 4 years then sold it on for £1000 1 week after advertising it,and think I could have got more if I'd tried.(I wasn't sailing it so I decided reluctantly to sell it)

Know this might through a spanner in the works a bit, what about an International Canoe? A bit tricky to sail but they do look beautiful boats, there's a real nice one we've spotted sailing out of the Mayflower in Plymouth, really quick upwind.