The RS100 Owners Thread

Originally posted by turnturtle okay video of some demo recoveries now up: http://www.rs100sailing. com

That was exhausting just watching that TT. Well done.

The recovery with the kite was interesting. Just
releasing the halyard and then getting it back in the
sock when upright. I've not seen that before. Would that
work on double hander? Seems easier than the Mrs trying
to retrieve the kite from the water while I shout
'encouragement' from the plate   

Edited by ellistine

So now whilst I'm on, anyone else had problems on a tight reach?

Grumpfs. To quote Paul Goodison (I think) .....Ease, Hike, Trim !

Really important to keep on a bit of windward heel on (definately not any
leeward heel, which is seriously not good), hike hard and just let the sheet
ride out to keep it flat. Did one race, which due to a big windshift turned into
two mile long close fetches and a short run in 20k breeze with the 10.2 -
f'in hard work neither planing or pointing, just a long long slog all the time
easing to keep the windward rail down and hiking to keep her moving over
the waves.

Originally posted by Rob.e [Quote from GRMFThere was water in the mast base as well, the small hole was blocked by sand and grit, so had to free that up - the joys of beach sailing. To do it I had to remove the mast gate. Poke a 2mm drill bit ot a paper clip or something up from underneath, you have to lie under in or kneel, but you don't need to remove the organiser!

You do if there are pebbles in it, or next time you change the mast it
doesn't seat properly and it was that blocked poking from both ends took
quite a while.




So now whilst I'm on, anyone else had problems on a tight reach?

Not with the kite, just the one sail, an 8.4.

It might be wave related and or wind under the wing, or the rig racked back to
far,(set on 6th hole ) or just plain old me failing to hike out hard enough at
this stage(other problem being windward capsize or being knocked in by the wave),
but I'd be interested to hear any other experiences of silly capsizes from
a beam reach position. (A new one on me, I generally only go in on gybes and it
happened twice in not really that windy conditions (14-16kts))

I need to spend more time out in wind over a four and not too much of it spent
trying to get back into the bloody thing..

Edited by G.R.F.

Originally posted by SimonW99 Chris presumably you have to cut and re-splice your continuous line to do this and thread it through the new double block at the bottom? Can't you just tie off the existing cunningham single block on the boom or kicker fitting and achieve the same without cutting and having to re-splice? Simon

Hi Simon yes you can and that is what I did when I first tried it out, I had
a spare double block so put that on but you then need a twisted shackle
so actually using the existing block is probably better anyway. I have
actually rethreaded / replaced my control lines but you can easily unpick
the splice and redo rather than cutting. The Chinook block doesn't have
ball races and also probably insn't intended to deal with this sort of
loading (windsurfer outhaul is very lightly loaded) so I am toying with
using micro ball bearing blocks either side of the cringle with a dyneema
shackle to join them - you need to be able to easily tie and untie this to
remove the sail so it needs to be a loop and stopper knot arrangement.

Chris
presumably you have to cut and re-splice your continuous line to do this and
thread it through the new double block at the bottom? Can't you just tie off
the existing cunningham single block on the boom or kicker fitting and
achieve the same without cutting and having to re-splice?

Simon