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popeye_ali 
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 Topic: The Rs600Posted: 29 Dec 11 at 10:15pm |
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You can sail it when it's like that certainly. It was fighting it tho. I sail on open water also so I had to deal with large swell.
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RS400, RS600, RS700, RS800, Int Moth, Laser. Musto Skiff (current)
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Neptune
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Posted: 29 Dec 11 at 10:19pm |
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i admit that getting airborne upwind in Torbay early in the year was certainly challenging
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Ginge
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Joined: 28 Dec 11 Location: Isle Of Axholme, Doncaster Online Status: Offline Posts: 117 |
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Posted: 29 Dec 11 at 11:21pm |
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So if I were to get a contender to learn trapezing in would I be able to hold it down, I would hope to be at 11 stone or more by then ? As it seems to be a big boys boat?
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bert
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Posted: 30 Dec 11 at 1:07am |
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The question still remains - is there a contender at your local club you can try because you should NEVER buy a boat on forum advice no matter how well intentioned.
You mention that the club you intend to use during the winter might well have a contender or a couple of other boats you might be able to try, If that is possible then definatly do try before you buy.
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Rockhopper
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Posted: 30 Dec 11 at 8:24am |
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Never wish to put weight on as once its there its hard to shift back off again............. Back on topic i would buy whatever you think would best suit your needs the 600 is quicker upwind than a contender up to certain windspeed so if you think that most of the time its going to be light then buy the 600 if you think its going to be windy buy the contender as i said before i have sailed both but i reckon i am enjoying the 600 more and the banter from whithin the fleet is very funny :)
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Retired now after 35 seasons in a row and time for a rest.
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popeye_ali
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Posted: 30 Dec 11 at 8:02pm |
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I most of the boats I have ever owned I have bought because I have researched them but never sailed them.
If its any consolation I went from a laser to an RS800! :s had mucked about on a few mates boats with trapeze boats tho but never helmed on the wire. Was an expensive season on tiller extensions! Ha |
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Mr Bevs
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Joined: 12 May 11 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
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Posted: 30 Dec 11 at 8:23pm |
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The best fun boat, without any doubt, is the RS 300.
Dead simple, lightning fast to rig, v low running costs, extemely rewarding when sailed well. And all it takes to sail it well is practice. I have had mine for 10 years and have never considered changing it because there isn't anything better. It's fun and challenging to sail from no wind right through to a gale. |
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JimC
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Posted: 30 Dec 11 at 8:34pm |
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Chaps, I think there's some enthusiasm running away with people here. Our man here has expressed a desire to be able to sail near the front of his fleet. How many sailors do you folk know of who regularly sail at the front of the fleet in a trapeze singlehander on a 60 acre lake?
And the reason why not is easy enough to understand. It takes just that little bit longer to get back up to speed in a trapeze boat than a aitting out boat, and on a small lake the shifts and the edges are going to be coming much more often, and so you're losing out that much more often. A Contender, for instance, is a fine boat, but no-one ever accused them of being at their best in light winds (and winds will always be lighter on small lakes) or confined water, and here we have both. Edited by JimC - 30 Dec 11 at 8:36pm |
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popeye_ali
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Posted: 30 Dec 11 at 8:44pm |
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agreed.
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laser193713
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Posted: 30 Dec 11 at 9:48pm |
If you are talking about the same day I think you are, that was a very tough day indeed! On the verge of dangerous coming back in through the wall! Made even harder by crowds of 600s and 700s, some without sails up, drifting around in a huge breaking swell!
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