The RS900 - 'our' fantasy dinghy!

I've long been an advocate of the scow (with a mild tunnel at the bow; flat transom for planing/heelability) for a quick singlehander. The scow Moth was a hoot - easy to sail, and given all the rag it could have handled, it could have taken on the skiffs of the era if they'd uppped the class sail area - until it nosedived (so just make it longer, say 15 foot - that would give a nice narrow waterline beam in heeled mode, too). Lots of interesting thoughts here:

http://www.moth.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=110& ; ;st=0&sk=t&sd=a

It's the only way I can see of making an appreciably quicker singlehander than the Phantom without resorting to the complication of trapeze or seat (MPS or Canoe), or the sheer difficulty of sailing with a narrow waterline beam (RS300) or foils. It would need building very light to work properly, however, epoxy, foam, woven cloth with carbon in parts - no question of a rotomould, or even basic grp.

Maybe in the dark, if you're on you're own and you haven't done it before...  40 mins from fully packed up on the trailer to launching if you take it easy.  Of course if you're new to it or the boat is a shambles then it'll take you longer, but then so will anything else.  The biggest difference is that everything is bigger, but then it needs to be otherwise it'd be a 2-man boat...

Mike

I’d really like to see something like an extended 800 with triple wires. So relatively easy to rig, sail, transport and could possibly work out cheaper if costs were divided. I’m sure a smaller toned down 18 would be possible.