RS Feva Experiences

   the rs feva is great! for the kids at my club there good with the little rigs, for the more experienced the big rig is good and i love raceing them single handed with the big main and spinni, the only people these dont compensate for are heaveir teens who want to sail 2 up and adults who want to sail 2 up, but theyve normally got their own boats any way!

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pro wannabe Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 18 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote pro wannabe Report Post Quote Reply Topic: RS Feva Experiences Posted: 21 Jun 05 at 7:43pm
	the rs feva is great! for the kids at my club there good with the little rigs, for the more experienced the big rig is good and i love raceing them single handed with the big main and spinni, the only people these dont compensate for are heaveir teens who want to sail 2 up and adults who want to sail 2 up, but theyve normally got their own boats any way!
	Your spinni aint as big as your mouth!

Pierre Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1532	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pierre Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jun 05 at 4:33pm
	At its birth the Topper was the biggest injection moulded piece of plastic in the world....and could still be AFAIK.

Matt Jackson Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 21 Sep 04 Location: Darlington Online Status: Offline Posts: 962	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Jackson Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jun 05 at 3:53pm
	Nope. Topper (the company) make some rotomoulded boats but the Topper (the dinghy) is definitely injection moulded.
	Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36

Peter Rhodes Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 24 Apr 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 171	Post Options Post Reply Quote Peter Rhodes Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jun 05 at 1:19pm
	I'm sure I heard that the topper was rotomoulded?

Matt Jackson Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 21 Sep 04 Location: Darlington Online Status: Offline Posts: 962	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Jackson Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jun 05 at 12:50pm
	It's a different process for a start Topper=Injection Moulded. Pico/Feva=Rotomoulded. You can get much more complex shapes with an injection moulding so you can mould-in stiffness features etc.
	Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36

Peter Rhodes Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 24 Apr 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 171	Post Options Post Reply Quote Peter Rhodes Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jun 05 at 11:52am
	so how come the topper has been so sucsessful as a raceboat?

smoking gun Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote smoking gun Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jun 05 at 8:43am
	There have been problems with the Mylor sails breaking up if they are allowed to flog http://www.rs-association.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=214 So you need to take care I have also heard there are concerns that plastic boats are not very good when raced hard, apparently this is one of the reasons why the Pico was never pushed as a racing class. It is very difficult to make a robust race boat out of plastic that is not too heavy but can take the higher loads.

Wave Rider Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 909	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wave Rider Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jun 05 at 11:02pm
	Yeah they nosedive a lot upwind if your overweight, i found that aswell ! and yeah they do fly offwind
	-[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933

ssailor Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 11 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 430	Post Options Post Reply Quote ssailor Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jun 05 at 8:59pm
	Definetly a good junior boat, hikin straps are in the wrong place for an adult, but good for a child. Pretty quick offwind - ive sailed one in a force 7, absolutely flies offwind- suffers slightly upwind due to length
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Wave Rider Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 909	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wave Rider Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jun 05 at 8:36am
	Well i used one at rockley for the weeks and it was generally f4-5 and they always seemed fairly fast with the spinnaker up, so yeah good fun for a junior boat !
	-[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933