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    Posted: 22 Aug 05 at 12:31pm
i think it depends on WHERE you want to sail
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Originally posted by carshalton fc

yer i teach people how to sail in the vision and they are stable but not as stable as the 2000 and the 2000 fits all your needs!!  the 2000 is much faster than the vision and you could fit the trapeze option on to the 2000!!  it really depends if u want to sail with the association or if you just want fun or club raceing!!
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The pn is lower for the Vision than for the 2000 and other reports indicate that it is faster as would be indicated by this.  I am surprised that you state the 2000 to be faster.  I had more or less convinced myself in favour of the Vision on the basis of about equal speed with perhaps the vision having the edge, equal stability, but with the facility to use an outboard which would be an advantage for cruising.  I also liked the reverse vang which looks to offer more space for the crew.  RS claim that the fully rigged sailing weight is only about 4Kgs heavier than the 2000.  Finally there is a cost advantage.  I would welcome comments. I did also consider a xenon. 
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How heavy are you? I've seen light people struggle to right an inverted 2000 (and 2000's love to invert, just like most modern boats - they all have too much buoyancy, probably to satisfy stupid regulations or to make them cheap to build with simple deck mouldings). I hate to think how much worse the situation would be you're the only adult with small children floating about in the water.

With a Wayfarer, it's less likely to capsize in the first place and, so long as it doesn't have a double bottom, it will lay on its side till you right it (and my puny 10 stone suffices for that). OK, it will then take ages to bail - starting with a bucket - but if you're not racing hard, who cares? You'll be in control. I suspect a GP would be similar unless the newer ones have buoyancy arrangements that make them invert.
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