Vago in flesh

Portsmouth uni sailing club have had one for a while on loan from laser for pretty much destruction testing. So far it is very much in one piece as far as I know. There has been talk of making it twin wire and taking it out when it is stupidly windy to see what happens

I haven't sailed it but it appears to be a good concept and very easy to sail. I guess this is laser's 3000 replacement? Pretty slow though, a very old fireball on a two sail reach overtook it when it had the kite up...

Edited by m_liddell

I used to cartop all my boats (Lasers mainly) but stopped as it became too much of a pain. 75kg is a heavy boat to cartop, you will probably need 3 or 4 people to load/unload onto a car roof. Its also only really practical with boats that have a two piece mast too.

So I wouldn't recommend it,  though I used to know a guy who cartopped his Fireball on his old Volvo estate so I guess anything's possible!



 

Ok, we are now at the start of Vago deliveries. My dealer "confirmed" the first week of July (that was when I ordered my XD 3 months ago). Any first lucky owners out there?

1. Saw on a Dutch website that the weight is 75kg - is it from the manufacturer/estimated based on prototypes/or what?

2. I fully intend to car top it - any first ideas on the best way to do this, especially on what to do with the mast?