Devotti Single Hander

However I have never sailed her yet,sliding seat should be fun,cassette rudder should also be a laugh a minute for launching & landing,toe straps are mounted the wrong way ( along the seat rather then along the boat ) & you walk round the back of the boom rather then duck under,So it`s nothing like I have ever sailed before,

So with the proper TLC she will be back on the water,at the back of the fleet!With a helm who completly wrong for the boat, too heavy,too stiff,too set in his way`s ,interesting time ahead! 

So to answer that question - Yes I did & I am glad that I made that decision.

The more I read about this the more I want to get a cheap 300 (if there was such a thing ) and strap a kite and a T foil to it. At least it would look more elegant.

It would be sooo damn fast as long as you could keep it upright

Has anyone tried a kite on a 300 yet?

Then again a FrankenBlaze with wider than standard racks (about the width of the racks on the Tomahawk) and a Musto sized kite would probably be easir to rig  and look right.

The D-One had few (if any!) compromises in terms of the build and fittings. You had to admire the quality and engineering.

For a carbon EVERYTHING boat, £10k (which is what I was told on the stand) seems like reasonable value, but not cheap (just take a moment to compare to a Moth for example).

They've also had a lot of input from sometop sailors, (Richard Stenhouse for example), so you'd hope that it would be good to sail.

Having sailed a single handed Assy, you quickly realise that it's safety first, racing second, and I guess that they've designed the D-one in a more traditional vien (as opposed to a 'skiff' design) so as to maintain a certain amount of user friendliness so that most folk can race it relatively easily.

I quite liked it for what it was, but I think it's too big for me at 72kg. Was told they're aiming for a crew weight of 75-90kgs, but I reckon it's going to be more like 80-90kgs. Will watch with interest, but won't be buying one...