Devotti Single Hander

Not really directed at anyone... I just wanted to say it and the opporchancity presented itself... 

Although I've been swinging back round on the blue decks front recently, it does shout 'early fibreglass GP' a bit but that's mostly psychological...
The bland uniformity of plastic GPs and Lasers in virtually indistinguishable shades of white, off white and grey is getting really quite depressing.


Edited by Lukepiewalker

Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by Daniel Holman Think new Mini, new Beetle, new Fiat 500..... You mean fat and bloated - several times the size of the original?

Heh heh something like that.

Although not on a level of the cynical use of generations old brand identities founded on genuine breakthrough design to appeal to gullible customers to buy products without any of the innovations that made the original versions iconic.

That rant being largely directed at the new beetle. The other 2 are apparently good cars in their own right, but still fairly derivative, and in no ways landmarks like the originals.

Apologies for going off topic and probably offending people.

I'm a big fan of the small outfits sticking it to the big mass production companies, so in theory I'm behind the D1 all the way,
and yah-boo to the RS100.

But in reality, the RS100 looks better, will be cheaper and will have the might of the LDC marketing machine behind it. So it's
going to stuff the market for the D1. In fact, even if the RS100 turns out to be a total turkey, the mere fact of it's
forthcoming release will stuff the market for the D1 and everything similar for some time to come. Which is a shame, because
(all those things aside) the D1 may be the better boat.

Edited by Mikey 14778

The better boat might have been the Frankenblaze if they'd paid any heed to
a marketing expert telling them what was needed and they'd have been in
play already...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V_8wIWkUA

the mast is quite stiff so the problem of the mast bending forwards does not happen often. usually if you hit a wave but with the light boat its up to speed again quickly. felt fine downwind to me. most people sail with the boom to far out on a Musto too, if you go fast the load comes off the rig.

Upwind there is something nice with the simplicity of an unstayed mast on a hiking boat. upwind it felt a lot like a finn to me, it sails very well through chop. less harsh than a stayed rig will feel in chop.