The RS900 - 'our' fantasy dinghy!

Some random comments...

From looking at YY stats sales of two string boats have about halved since the early 80s, so we're not
talking about anything that's going to be popular...

The simple easy to own 18foooter is the 49er, or at least that was one of the ideas.

Swinging poles are pointless on reasonably quick boats - Andrew Buckland came up with the idea when he observed that their pole kite hadn't been off the forestay all season...

A three hander out to be twenty four fgeet or so long if its going to have a half decent displacement/length ratio.

I'd like to see something or other with a hull, and a mast, and some sails and perhaps a trapeze and a spinnaker.

It could be weight equalised, so you know they all weigh the same, have all the right bits glued on in the right places, and you could buy your sails from any loft and your mast from any spar manufacturer as long as they conformed to certain measurements and class association reviewed price caps to foster a spirit of competition and innovation and continunous improvement.

Radical...

Originally posted by JimC Swinging poles are pointless on reasonably quick boats -

Totally disagreed with that statement.

That depends on the course and the tactical use of the swinging pole and
when you apply it.


Now my current wish would be for a single hander that I can use in all
weather in any sea state that I could hike but could also trapeze
depending on how I felt or how my knees would take the hiking so that
would mean alternate settings for the slide out rack bits.
I'd like a kick up rudder and a retracting CB and given it's a wish list I'd
like to be able to rake the mast back easier or bring the whole thing back
so I can get it really unstuck on a reach. I think I've figured a way it could
work using a sort of central pivoting collective spreader unit, it would just
need a seriously heavy duty mast base track slider but that way the base
slides forward and the rig back for upwind maximising waterline length
then off wind pull the base back, the rig stands more upright and the hull
can lift further out of the water..

Sort of a sit down racing sailboard I guess.

Make me one like that please

Oh and for Christmas

3 man trapeeze assymetric thats not an 18? 16'skiff anyone? but given no-one has any money anymore and filling two man boats is proving difficult (speaking of which I need a crew for next season), how many people are actually going to splash out on a 3-man boat? especially when you can get asecond hand 18 on the cheap. 

How about a cheap fat bloke foiler that is a hiker and not a trapeze lash up using old 600's. Something along the lines of a 300 but perhaps with racks instead of the wings and a nice big sail!