RS300 vs Blaze

It planes from about 3 knots(boatspeed). If you sit near the back it looks like a more traditional boat on the plane, but that digs the transom in and slows it down.

In some ways it's almost frustrating because dramatic pictures of the 300 with spray flying everywhere are very rare because the hull shape is so effecient.

Spray = wasted energy and the 300 produces little spray. It just goes like the clappers. So far we've clocked 16 knots downwind and perhaps more impressively for a hiking singlehander, 8 knots upwind.

Raced against a Blaze for the first time the other week and I was astounded how wide it was when I passed it (pursuit race before anyone starts!). Not sailed one yet but it looked like a mini ISO hull shape. Looked pretty forgiving and could be fun in a blow.

Having sailed on the same water at the same time, I think the two are a completely different kettle o'fish, to coin a phrase. By the time the 300 is fully powered up and becoming a bit of a handful to all but the best in the fleet, the Blaze seems to be just waking up. To be honest, there's no comparison - very very different boats. No doubt many Blaze sailors would consider the 300 twitchy, unstable  and overly prone to nosediving. With the shoe on the other foot, I have no doubt I'd find the Blaze heavy and unresponsive.

Both have their merits and neither should spend any time denegrating the other. They're just too different to compare.

If you mean the Blaze open at BBSC it's 23 September along with class starts for Phantoms and 300's.

300 fleet varies from 55 to 115kg. Interestingly at the nationals last year the two guys at the extremities of that weight range were inseperable on the water.

Unless your name is Cockerill then the ideal weight is probably 78-80kg. Personally I've dropped from 97 to 86 for this season and I have to work WAY harder upwind but don't suffer downwind so much.