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    Posted: 14 Jul 09 at 5:54pm

Well I got one yesterday and took it out today in a High F4 and well into the F5's as the sesh wore on.

 

Really pleased with it and me and my bro (110kg) managed fine.
Did have to put the full reef in but got the kite out and everything goaing great.
Seems the ideal boat for what we need it for.

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For single handed sailing I have been looking at the grab and go handles from C2.

Is the £50 asking price for one or the pair?
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Originally posted by zailor

Well im asking alot so its going to be a
big compramise and the vago covers most bases.Its a swis
army knife in this case.Does everything okay but does
nothing well

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Well im asking alot so its going to be a big compramise and the vago covers most bases.

Its a swis army knife in this case.
Does everything okay but does nothing well
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Originally posted by laser193713

I didnt enjoy my single handed vago
sail, but that was after stepping out of the 7 which is
quite a leap down the performance scale!

I agree, the Vago isn't the easiest single hander but then
I wouldn't fancy two up in a 700 either - especially as a
first boat

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Originally posted by zailor

Pico size is good.Pico's in a F6 are
actually quite a laugh




Pico's in an F6 are amazing. I'm having an afternoon of
short course Pico racing as part of my stag doo next month.
Hoping for it to be proper blowing.
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I sailed a vago single handed the other day, we took a vago and my 700 out, both singlehanded. I started in the 700 but the wind died a bit so the guy in the vago asked to have a go in the 7.  He jumped out of the vago and climbed into the 7, and i did the same into the vago, but in the very light winds the vago actually capsized on top of me while I climbed in, so not only is it tippy, but floats high enough to cause this problem too!  I weigh 80kg and the guy in the vago weights 56kg and can manage the XD rig with jib and kite single handed in up to about 18knots.  The vago felt so dull and wasnt nearly as nice to trapeze from as the 7! There is a big step out onto the side which I didnt like at all! When single handed in marginal trapezing conditions the lack of a foot bar inside the hull for stepping out with made it more difficult than the 700!  I didnt enjoy my single handed vago sail, but that was after stepping out of the 7 which is quite a leap down the performance scale!

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Pico size is good.

Pico's in a F6 are actually quite a laugh

 

Having a sail that size will be good for my dad to start off and obviously can build up from there.

Hopefully it will be less tippy than the damn 29er I sail lol

 

Okay seems the right boat for us, cheers chaps
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The standard sail is only smaller than the XD at the top
but that obviously helps with the depowering. With the
standard fully reefed the sail ain't much bigger than a
Pico sail!

I wouldn't worry about it being tippy. As I said, you'll
soon get used to it and wonder what all the fuss was about.

Trapezing is where the fun is at, especially trapezing down
wind with the kite up!
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sorry my dad is about 70-75KG.

Im 60kg and was thinking of sinlgehanding it when im not instructiong etc.

It seemed to fill to may roles to be true but was worth looking into.

I can sail it with my little bro were just hevy enough by the sounds of it and I have tried the XD rig with him in a F4 and were a little over powered (hence S rig idea)

as a learning boat how tippy can it be with a reefed main with a competent Dinghy instructor with him?

My dad also insisted he would not be seen dead in an old slow boat that would at some point bore him

I have a dad that doesnt know what too much fun is.
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