Devotti Single Hander

to try to get us back on topic----- The D-One is about everyone having a seriously good time - trophies are just a small part of enjoying a regatta - as you all know the trophies are just for the few but the fun is for all

we have a very simple halyard sistem that is external so that the top mast is
sealed and it takes a lot longer for boat to go upside down making it easier
to right ofter a capsize. there is one external hook and the halyard has the
last bit in steel so that it takes forever to wear out. pulley is over the sealed
bit and sail needs to be pulled a little higher so the ball hooks in and than
dropped a tiny bit. the full batten main forces on the mast so that you need
a good angle to hoist easy and that is why the top of the mast looks like
that.... did i manage to explain it well ....hope so

thanks norbert, you give me the opportunity to explain further my
vision:sailing has choosen a wrong path , too many races for one event ,
too many hours on the water , too much stress with juries and yellow
flags etc. the reason why i picked up sailing was because i loved the sun
and the sea, the wind and the freedom that sailing my laser up and down
lake garda was giving me, once out there nothing else mattered to me
and only jumping from wave to wave was filling my day, racing brought
one other dimension to it, and travelling allowed me to visit the most
beatiful places in the world...how to live that again today?? well, with
short and few races ,our event are run in three days, the first one ...friday
being just for training , in beautiful locations enjoying the friendship of
people that share the same passion as well as good glass of redwine at
the sailing club after the races . that is why we race with our new format,
and i will ask isaf for permission to try this new format and set of rules ,
and that is why next years international regatta circuit will moove from
sanremo to tuscany, to rome , to numana, than to garda as well as
valencia, and we will start in england with a few brave ones coming to the
queen mary in january......different as it might be the uk is where modern
yachting was born, where i learned , everything about sailing thanks to
david howlett, tim tavinor and phil morrison, and so it is a pleasure to
ejoy a good pint even when outside it is chilly...rodney will take care of
the d one uk nationals......and more races in nice places around the world
will follow , almost probably one in san fran in the statets after the finn
gold cup.......being on the water max three hours a day allows time to
sightsee, to make friends and to recover, who will race with us will not
need to be ultrafit...and that is why the ultraconfi wings. will not need to
be a junglier, for that we made the d one so wide at beam, but will enjoy
the acceleration 26 square metres of sail area on a light dinghy can give
you.got a bit carried away......for those who managed to read until here
ciao luca

well i think luca has the right idea if you live in each country he is talking about then it gives you a chance to join and compete against other d one owners and have a beer and chat about the boat.A master class on how to promote your boat !!

Good luck to all the people who buy one i know exactly what he says about just getting out and enjoying sailing up and down thats what i like to but with only 18.88 sq meters to play with rather than the 26 the d one has.

Originally posted by Norbert Originally posted by rodney Part of the reason the D1 looks so damn good is that Luca clearly understands locationing, any boat will look superb with the cliff of Garda in the background. now compare that to the dreary grey old channel where the poor 100 has been photographed and videoed. Know where I would prefer to be

Torquing about Garda, didn't Paul Young of Rondar take the Halo/Blazetron there earlier this year for photoshooting. What ever happened to those pix, woulda thought they would have been worth seeing.