The RS900 - 'our' fantasy dinghy!

Originally posted by snoopynuts I would like to see the rs900 made for heavy crews personally . There is a huge demand right now for such a boat and nobody is supplying it! The 800 is a great i have had 6 of them over the years but have never been competitive due to being 160 plus kgs all weight up unless it was force 5 and above !! The rs 900 with its bigger sails and lighter hull would make such a great boat for this sector. Come on Nick please take the wings off or leave the racks on and let normalsize guys sail this great boat, I dont want to sail a 49er as the weight lilit is too low and a fourteen is just a money pit So a one design rs900 that can carry weight would be awesme and i would buy asap Neil A RS600 FF

Could always cut down the overall crew weight matey

But yea unfortunately a lot of the higher performance boats have a pretty tight 'competitive' weight band and it is harder for the bigger guys to stay quick.

Back on topic I'd love to see what this boat can do on the water, an 800 is already very quick, especially when the breeze is up so undoubtedly this 900 will be very entertaining to watch and sail.

What sort of sail area are you guys looking at for the 900 atm?

 

I would like to see the rs900 made for heavy crews personally . There is a huge demand right now for such a boat and nobody is supplying it! The 800 is a great i have had 6 of them over the years but have never been competitive due to being 160 plus kgs all weight up unless it was force 5 and above !! The rs 900 with its bigger sails and lighter hull would make such a great boat for this sector. Come on Nick please take the wings off or leave the racks on and let normalsize guys sail this great boat, I dont want to sail a 49er as the weight lilit is too low and a fourteen is just a money pit So a one design rs900 that can carry weight would be awesme and i would buy asap

BBSCFaithfull love to know what 'lots' means in your definition and put it in context. I have had plenty of RS boats and only minor issues all of which get sorted very quickly. When I call RS I get a decent response. I only wish I could say the same about some others. I don't know the figures, but a wonder round any dinghy club would show that the majority of new racing dinghies must be coming from RS these days. No matter hard they try there will always be the odd issue, but the key is what percentage that is overall and importantly how they deal with it. From what I have seen over the last 20 years RS have been exceptional in this area. 

Originally posted by Nick Peters Yep, Neptune is right - key thing is it powers up with 120kg aboard at about same time as 49er with 155kg in. So above 15kts of breeze 150kgs made it fly upwind - but there is not enough power for them to be competitive across the wind range.

Ah, of course. That makes sense.

Yep, Neptune is right - key thing is it powers up with 120kg aboard at about same time as 49er with 155kg in. So above 15kts of breeze 150kgs made it fly upwind - but there is not enough power for them to be competitive across the wind range.