Devotti Single Hander

Originally posted by SimonW99 Looks great, wish I was there! Is Luca going to have some charter boats available at some point later on? No amount of design can get away from the physics, so the D-one in optimum conditions has to be faster upwind than the RS boat. People should sail both, make their choice and pay their money. Handicapping puts all boats on an even basis in theory at club level, so then it just comes down to which boat you like sailing. As for open one design, then the boats only sail their own kind, so it is only important that they are good to sail. Would love to sail both sails on a full production boat when one becomes available. I would even charter one for a few weeks so I could sail at my club in our lively conditions.

Simon,

There will be plenty of opportunities to race at the European events next year and for sure we will have charter boats available - charter fee refunded to anyone placing an order within 14 days of the event.

I agree with your thoughts on handicaps putting everyone on the same basis so my choice is a Finn  1066!!!!  I am too old and fat for a foiling moth   The physics that tell us of the speed of the D-One upwind also say that it is a rocket offwind, just need to get the angles right

I think you got the buzz that the D-One seems to give everyone who sails it; a light boat with a sensible sail area and appropriate righting moment 

More than happy to accommodate further testing of the D-One with both sail options and Luca has agreed to send one of the 10.3 M2 semi battened sails to us after this weekend's event.

I will call you in a few days to discuss possibilities of using a D-One for some club racing at wonderful Lymington. Chance is that there will be at least one other D-One racing there very soon

Rodney

Well!

It's our first D-One International regatta ever   Even better is at Torbole, Lake Garda.  Go to http://www.devoti-one.com/video and click on 'First D-One race / Promo video' for more information.

We will post links and daily information so watch this space!

Rodney

Originally posted by SimonW99 I didn't mean to kill free speech and have been Pm'd about this from this and the RS100 forum, so I'll post to both and everyone can have their say.

Thank you Simon for an interesting analysis.  It is great news for us that you found the D-one to be so fast as have so many others.  Probably much faster than you realise!

As I explained before you tested the D-One, you used an early prototype with a development mast and an early and subsequently discarded sail design.  The boat in question is also narrower (hiking position) than even the innermost settings on the production model so considerably less righting moment.  As also explained, there are some systems on this boat that are not working anything like as effectively as on the production boats.  All in all you were able to experience the fun of sailing a D-One but this was not the time for boat for a boat speed testing program as a production boat would give you more control and speed on all points of sailing and all conditions. 

I challenge any sailor, even Ben Ainslie, to get the best out of a boat on first acquaintance so the comparisons drawn in your posting can not reflect reality.

Did you notice on your capsises how easy it is to remount the D-One, not a luxury enjoyed in some other classes! 

We would welcome an organised speed testing program with other asymmetric, hiking single handers as it would help us all with input to our PYs.

Rodney