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    Posted: 16 May 09 at 12:01pm

As well as a car im looking for a twin wire boat.

I only weigh a bit over 60kgs but have experience in 420s for 3 years and also 29ers. My crew however weighs 75-80kgs but has very limited experience at trapezing and using a kite. We'd be sailing on an estuary but the water is generally relatively flat.

I have about £4000 to spend (sold previous boat) and maybe a little more for the right boat.

I think thats it, hope you can help!
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Sounds like an RS800 fits the bill. I can't think of a twin wire boat that would
be easier to handle than an 8. You can take everything slowly in the 800 and
it forgives most mistakes without putting you in the drink.
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Development Boat - UK Cherub

SMOD - RS800

or 29er XX ( upgrade an old 29er ) but it's not really taken off, so a higher risk choice.

Depends what you are into.
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Originally posted by Highlander

As well as a car im looking for a twin wire boat.

I only weigh a bit over 60kgs but have experience in 420s for 3 years and also 29ers. My crew however weighs 75-80kgs but has very limited experience at trapezing and using a kite. We'd be sailing on an estuary but the water is generally relatively flat.

I have about £4000 to spend (sold previous boat) and maybe a little more for the right boat.

I think thats it, hope you can help!

 

Which Estury?

 

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Thanks for the quick replies!

I was considering the 800, what is the minimum weight for it? Im not particularly tall at around 5'7, will this make much difference?

 
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Originally posted by Highlander

Thanks for the quick replies!

I was considering the 800, what is the minimum weight for it? Im not particularly tall at around 5'7, will this make much difference?

 



Not at all. The RS 800 has weight and height equalised racks to supposedly cancel out any advantage or disadvantage.
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Don't worry, you don't have to be big to sail an 800. The rig is quite small
and isn't particularly powered up. Well, I always felt underpowered anyway.

You don't have to be big to sail a cherub either. It also doesn't have a
particularly big rig and you wouldn't have to spend much to get one.
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Originally posted by Doug.H

Don't worry, you don't have to be big to sail an 800. The rig is quite small
and isn't particularly powered up. Well, I always felt underpowered anyway.

You don't have to be big to sail a cherub either. It also doesn't have a
particularly big rig and you wouldn't have to spend much to get one.


However the benefit of both boats having smaller rigs is that you can push them into heavier and heavier winds where as something like an I14 flies in the medium stuff but becomes very hairy in the big stuff with all of that sail area.
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The RS800 is considerably wider than int14 and Cherub, so you can generate sufficient righting moment even if you are small.

You will be able to right it on your own in most conditions and also be just fine with your combined weight instead of being at the upper or lower limit.
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