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if it's priced like the D1 you might need to buy your family matching jackets and hats to ensure they are 'onboard with it' when you announce you've bought one 

Originally posted by getafix if it's priced like the D1 you might need to buy your family matching jackets and hats to ensure they are 'onboard with it' when you announce you've bought one

Edited by 2547 - 14 Feb 14 at 7:37pm

Yep it don't matter if the depreciation is small if you can't afford it in the first lace. That said a d1 is probably about the same price as a fully kitted out phantom and it's got extras like a spinnaker and wings. Not bad in comparison but the price probably means that sailing is slowly drifting towards the well off again rather than being accessible to the masses as it was when the mirror came out and later when the laser first appeared

Originally posted by getafix Originally posted by 2547 Originally posted by getafix if it's priced like the D1 you might need to buy your family matching jackets and hats to ensure they are 'onboard with it' when you announce you've bought one  How are you benchmarking the price? I'd say the D-one looks reasonable value ... if you look at it compared to some products of inferior manufacture and of a similar price ... or another similar quality single hander ... Plus of course you have to look at the prospective resale value. People often focus too much on the entry price and not the total cost of ownership ... In the absence of IT-industry style maintenance contract, I'd say the 'entry-price' is the largest single cost in the TCO equation

Not in my experience- it's about depreciation- 2k acceptable, 1k per annum optimal. But then I appreciate that's fairly unique to play so fast and lose with these toys... and that's all they are before anyone gets too emotional.

But there are some folks who have been really burnt on SMODs... My 600 was picked up for feck all, all thanks to RS bringing out the 700!!! Oddly enough the 7's crashed in price too... Bad run if you didn't switch brand when trading in the kiteless version 10 or so years ago....

Edited by yellowwelly - 14 Feb 14 at 10:38pm

I think the D-one will get increasingly popular. For me there are 2 types of depreciation, Quality and Financial. A new D-one is c.a. 14,500 euros but you can get them for about 8,000. For most of us we would be happy to sail the budget version, could you say that about a laser?