Modern symmetric two-hander?

Originally posted by iGRF Y'all need to MTFU with the 'M' standing for 'Modern' and try an Alto. Ticks all those boxes

Most of the best things in life require an investment of time

Well I subscribe to the view that the joy is in the race, dealing with the shifts, the tactics, the opponents and their decisions, all the 'out of the boat' stuff, and to further back that opinion one only has to point to dear old Eric Twiname who points out the two essential skills, the first being the ability to bring the boat to maximum speed but the second being to send it in the right direction.

Now, I've been as kind as I'm going to, to you alcohol addled coffin dodgers in your merlins, but since I do not wish to spend the rest of my life working out which bit of knitting to unravel nor which window sash to pull, nor self baler to switch on and/or off, or nodger to duck and prefer to spend the few remaining conscious hours working out how, when and where to go, rather than how, whether or why the ancient crate won't do what it is supposed to. My opinion that's all, I do tip my hat to your accomplishments however, much in the same way I admire the Wright Brothers, but hey it's twenty fifteen, with twenty sixteen just around the corner and by now there should be something better. Light, fast, modern and quicker to bring to speed so the dodgy old cretins don't keep new blood out of the trophy room, and can spend more of their time at the bottom of that bottle looking for the perfect raking angle.

Edited by iGRF - 26 Oct 15 at 5:43pm

Not double handers tick, if they made a twin it would I'm sure.

But would I buy one? No, the reason? Crew difficulties.

If I were RS would I invest in tooling? Nope, not a chance.

If I were them, I'd make the RS400 super light, piss off all the owners and make them buy a new one.

Edited by iGRF - 26 Oct 15 at 9:36pm

By grf's criteria, an old design is just as good as a new design, possibly better, as faster can only be achieved by making a dinghy trickier to sail in some other way. This is probably why there are no new symmetric designs.