Devotti Single Hander

Originally posted by rodney Originally posted by Merlinboy Originally posted by rodney Originally posted by Merlinboy Originally posted by italian laser s did you ever try boat? or win  medal , dumping  insulting , not reality , just intellectual garbadge....time will tell , now we do no have one vid of your magic adult open bic upwind!!!!!!!!!!!!!just post for your magic boat and stop negative marketing campaign for rs charity, me sailing today , you???never seen or sailer boat just bullsh*t, one day boats will meet on water....different planet ,m yours so beatiful you can put flowers in...you style specialists from god knows whjere, sailing is to make friends , honest is something else.....enough is enough you badmouthers from ...... What a plum!  The only reason the D-one gets bad press is the way you guys back handidly sl*g off the 100, which in my limited view will be a more successful in the UK market.  Do us both a favour and look back on the postings.  You will find that I have not criticised any other manufacturers.  We are the UK dealers for the D-One and the only people who have posted here with some involvement are Luca, Richard Stenhouse and myself.  All other postings are independent and outside our control.  I must say that I cringe at some of the things they have to say but I guess they get emotive due to their enthusiasm for the D-One. I am confident that the D-One will stand on it's merits and will gain strong support in the UK.  As always your input is welcome! Don’t miss the Burghfield SC over weekend of 19th / 20th September for testing the D-One – email me at rodney@suntouched.co.uk Rodney   Do us both a favour and read my post again! Its having a pop at the Italioan guy that seems to turn everything into an arguement.  I suggest you PM or e-mail them as they are not doing your new class any favours on here! Thanks for your support mate!  I can't control idiots any more than you can the ones from the UK! Rodney

 

Rodney i don't mean to sound like I'm having a go but you haven't read my Post again.  I have just mentioned that the Italian guys posting on here seems to do the class (the class you are distributor for) No help whatsoever, i would in your situation ask them via the PM function on this forum to kindly stop raising to the bait!  After seeing a devotti Finn at my club regatta today i have to admit i am impressed with the build quality and the general overall appearance of the boat and i hope the finished D-0ne matches up.  The two only negative things i can see that will limit its success are its looks and price

Originally posted by Merlinboy The two only negative things i can see that will limit its success are its looks...

Looks ae highly subjective though... See enough of them around and it wll seem perfectly normal and most likely in no way ugly... It happens time and time again in any sphere of design: check out the history of car shapes...

No, like the first time I saw a mast made of cloth and painted with black Valspar (or so it seemed) I thought it looked stupid. Now we turn our noses up at nice shiny aluminium. Oddly enough a friend turned up yesterday with a "nice" Phantom with a white carbon mast. Cool/not cool/will become cool?

Now look here GRF I feel that you are abusing me whilst using the wrong premiss. My reputation is for the restoration/bodging of old boats not necessarily wooden boats. In fact the only wooden boat I have been involved in was the Merlin earlier this year which is now sold.  I am so much a "man of the modern age" that I was the first person in the north of England to use MDF (but not in boats), so take that! Future insults should revolve around me being more Steptoe than Thomas Sheraton.

I really do like the  aluminium on carbon thing its like dishwashers. First they were rare so you had it stuck out on show. Then they became more common so they were integrated with just the controls showing. Then everyone had one so they became fully integrated with hidden controls. Actually that's a bit like a wife too.

Oh......get back on your ironing board thing...........