Devotti Single Hander

Originally posted by SimonW99 The internet gives everyone a voice and that whilst liberating also means that the ill informed can influence the outcome of businesses and that is a danger and in my opinion wrong. I have now sailed both boats, the RS100 now twice and the D-One once, all at Hayling and in identical conditions. Yesterday the 100 was out for the last part of my d-one sail and yes Nick Peters was hardly going to let a D-one sail up and down without rushing out to pace his creation against Luca's. I have my own thoughts about both boats at this stage of their development. But they are my thoughts based on my age, size, fitness and sailing venues and others will have their own views. What is clear is that these boats and the Halo mean that there is plenty of choice and excitement for the next few years.

And how did they compare Simon? Was there £4k worth of difference?

yes, leave the costs out of it because everyone can afford and justify different amounts

Originally posted by SimonW99 The internet gives everyone a voice and that whilst liberating also means that the ill informed can influence the outcome of businesses and that is a danger and in my opinion wrong.

Yep; that is the internet for you but fortunately there are some people on most forums who are able to correct any b**locks that gets posted.

Yes, I was able to get it to plane upwind when I was sailing the demo boat
last week. It is fun, but it depends what we mean by upwind. You have to
come off the wind by 5-10 degrees and the angle does mean it can't be the
fastest way to the windward mark, The blaze will do the same, but again it is
not quick in racing terms. That said its fun to do. I am not sure whether the
100 can do that as I didn't try it, but it seemed as fast as the d-one on a the
reach.

Originally posted by SimonW99 Yes, I was able to get it to plane upwind when I was sailing the demo boat last week. It is fun, but it depends what we mean by upwind. You have to come off the wind by 5-10 degrees and the angle does mean it can't be the fastest way to the windward mark, The blaze will do the same, but again it is not quick in racing terms. That said its fun to do. I am not sure whether the 100 can do that as I didn't try it, but it seemed as fast as the d-one on a the reach.

Well there is a definate "knack" to it but once you are up on the plane you can nudge it up to windward again, using the traveller is a great control, ease it off to plane and then if you need a quick bit of height pull it on again, handy approaching the windward mark.

So using this technique in yesterdays racing I was planing upwind and keeping close to the pointing ability of the 400.

I have to practice more to keep it more consistent, but it was pretty exciting.

Tim