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    Posted: 09 Jul 09 at 4:35pm

well i would like to see the pair of them the ds one and the rs 100 when they are finished to go head to head in a yachtsandyachting test can i bring my vareo along too with the rs 100 mast fitted i dont think it would be too far behind the pair of them

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Matt,i know Inglese non la vostra prima lingua but sometimes mate you do need to let go and let things be.

As this is the D-one thread I think a lot of us would like to hear real experiences from a real Dee-oner
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Originally posted by turnturtle

I don't think I'm being narrow-minded at all, in fact very open-minded if
you re-read the thread properly... but I am being realistic Graeme; the boat
is claiming to be 'what is missing from the popular classes today'... given
the price, the exotic materials, the questionable aesthetics and the fact that
there are other manufacturers in the market with more cost effective
offerings with a more visually pleasing look; I find it hard to swallow the
blatant marketing bullsh*t that emulates from the stooges who have waded
in of late.

...and the RS100 thread isn't marketing as well.........come on grow up !! Let folk have their say, let's see how the classes look in 5 or 6 years time. The DS will be on the market/production before the RS I guess so could well claim to fill that gap for now.
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Originally posted by turnturtle

ust found some of the criticisms made of the RS
concept a little unfounded


Which criticisms?
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Originally posted by Doug.H

Maybe I need to re-read the last couple pages but I'm failing to see the
relevance of volvo....?  Anyone care to enlighten me?


Glad to do so:

TT points that with RS you will have a strong, well-organized fleet with lot of events and fun, and certainly will be.

I just want to puntualize that we poor, stupid Deeoners probably we have the same right now thanks to the Volvo sponsorship...
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Maybe I need to re-read the last couple pages but I'm failing to see the
relevance of volvo....? Anyone care to enlighten me?
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Originally posted by turnturtle

sounds great, Melges 24, isn't that one of the old
sportsboats from 90's that's long since fell out of favour... remind me again,
how many Melges 24's events are there over here the land of albion?


Oh, I forgot to mention that one other boat under the Volvo heritage is the
Laser SB3...

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Can't even blame the heat...
2 new boats that hopefully won't vanish without a trace. RS100 would probebly suit me better personally if I ever decided to spend more than 50quid on a boat, but if the D1 gets a European circuit to rival the Finn, then Matt will have spent his money on something pretty special.
The European scene seems fairly conservative compared to the UK, with Olympic classes and long standing one designs still getting huge turnouts. Maybe we could learn from them, and take the best ideas without loosing the things that make UK sailing unique. Abuse doesn't seem the best way of doing this.
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Originally posted by turnturtle

'little logo' ohh, you mean the homoerotic volvo symbol... mmm, nice.



I guess I'm supposed to be impressed that this in some way means that
it'll be the next big ISAF class, one that the Finn lobby will shoe-horn into
an olympic slot given no other option for self-preservation... guess what,
I'm not impressed, it makes f**k all difference to me what boats are
sailed at olympic level. And at the risk of going off topic, if you ask some
of the olympians over here what their 'off the record' boat of choice
would be for their categories, then you wouldn't be surprised to hear
things would be shaken up quite a bit last time around.


Wow, What is going on here, what's caused all this aggression, ok so you don't like the D-one or the Finn or foreigners, but this thread is about the D-one, Matt has ponied up the money to buy one and you seem intent on belittling him for doing so.
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 .........all this thread shows how narrow minded some uk sailors are. I bet you think the sun never sets on the empire eh !

The D-1 looks different, not to everyone's taste, the RS100 won't appeal to some either. Both will be good boats and have good pedigrees.

There are some huge classes ; dinghy, sports boats and others outside the UK.

This thread and forum need to grow up a bit
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