Devotti Single Hander

Those are great pics and it kinda grows on you as a functional piece of kit.

The boom seems low and there doesn't seem a huge amount of space to squeeze through. The kicker looks to be doing nothing much upwind.

You don't actually seem to get that far out with the wings.

I missed the dinghy show but these pics give a pretty good idea.

some photos of me and Kit sailing the Devoti one when testing it at Rutland

http://www.photoblink.com/sailing/d1/

A fine pic of sitting out over the end of the plank, using the toestraps ( well one anyway)




Edited by I luv Wight

Is it me or do the "racks" have a supporting arms under them that runs down the outside of the hull? ( 2rd picture ) & wouldn`t these cause rather a lot of drag? 

 

Originally posted by Rupert Can you explain how you get your feet out again quickly enough if twisted in sideways?

I think it may actually be quicker to get your feet out from the longways strap...

What happens is that you hook a foot or feet under the strap, and there's inevitably enough stretch and slack in the webbing that it goes diagonally across the top of your foot. If you point your toes with weight off the strap then it straightens and just flicks off your foot.

It is a little bit slower to get your feet in the strap compared to a toe strap boat where you just catch them automatically coming out of the tack, but as you've already got 90% of your righting moment sitting on the end of the plank then its not a big deal if it takes you a second longer to hook your toes in the strap and wriggle your ass off the end of the plank.