what boat for two teenagers?

despite of the fact that the 500 'mey go faster, The 29er has a very well established class, and a very bright future already set out for it. It is the ISAF boat for 2007 and the youth fleet is rapidly increasing.

Both boats are suited to different aspects of sailing. I would suggest that the 29er is the boat for someone who will be participating in youth events and hoping to compete on a larger scale. I am not sure what the 500 is suited to (especially with the two rigs) but i am sure it will find it's own way.

Maybe the person who started the thread could tell us his opinions


Edited by 29er397

Hmm methinks 29er!!

I reckon we might be looking at comparing the 500 unfairly, reckon a good comparision might be against the V3000 and Vago, which are still pretty good boats.

The 29er is an extremely efficient design, the RS500 still looks like it was designed a few years before it and generally, I don't think RS were planning on building a 29er beater, think they were hoping to target, in some aspects, young sailors who didn't want to go as "hardcore" as the 29ers. The 500 might be more enjoyable to sail in some respects because you might get more from putting less effort into the boat than on the 29er. The theory seemed to work with the 800, not pitting it directly against the 49er, even although I remember reading that one of the prototypes was faster than the 49er but they decided to tone it down a bit to appeal to a wider audience.  Maybe the 500 has "Vago-itis", it feels faster than it actually is, you can't really judge until you get both the boats out on the water and set them off against each other, I'll put £100 on the 29er being faster....

Edited by 49erGBR735HSC

Do a search for a previous thread on the 500 to find the general opinion on it

Ive not sailed either but im terrified if the 500 can send it like the 29er was on sunday....