RS300

Nice one - you won't regret it!

I have just secured an RS300 - mid 400s by private sale - pick it up when I get back from skiing. Thanks again for all the advice and no doubt I will see some of you on the circuit once I have got to grips with her. The smiles have already started....

at that weight you will be about right for a B rig. i know ratface is selling a relatively low spec 300 (around £2000i think). it would be great for a starting boat and will only need a continous kicker and enw sial in order to make it race ready.

if you do race the laser in conjunction with the 300 then it will be fine. just dont push it too high up the wind too early (i made that mistake and ended up with ripped sail, broken boom bolt, lump on my head and a beaten pride

but in lighter breezes when you can muscle it down f you tack/gybe wrong its amazingly good fun

thinking about your situation this might be good advice. on the other hand, if you can pick a few days to start with where its say 8mph or so, you could get to grips with it.

i would try all the boats suggested and make up your own mind (is you go on www.rs300.org.uk there is (or will soon be) a test sail section where someone near you lets you use their boat. in sure the blaze, phantom etc will also have a similar policy.

how heavy are you? as someone at our club used to be at the back of the fleet in a laser standard rig. they then got an old phantom and it was the same story. now that he has a new phantom and can keep it upright (nearly all the time) he is difficult to beat on the water in my 300 (im still new though).

tom