advice on 800's

thanks!!  i will bare that in mind when looking at boats!!

I'm no great expert on 800s but I know there was a change from swinging upper spreaders to fixed some time back and also you should thoroughly inspect the mast for corrosion between carbon and stainless and any tendency for the track to come lose.  Don't worry about having a twin tiller and part aft sheeting or single tiller and centre sheeting as this isn't going to make the boat perform much different as long as you have strong arms, and you can change it later when you've got enough control to go racing.  Also sails are an expensive item and as beginners to high perfomance sailing you are going to trash a gennaker and very likely a main.  Its also quite easy to snap the tip off your dagger board too.  Helming from the trapeze usually goes through a few tiller extensions at first so keep the fancy carbon one at home and buy some cheap plastic tube to use until you stop falling out the back.  As for hulls I reckon scrapes at the transom are a sure sign of poor care and any damage is likely to be more expensive to repair than lesser boats since I think the boat uses epoxy resins.  Good luck - you'll need it if you aren't experienced at trapezing lesser boats.

If you want a sorted boat, spod (alain olive)'s is for sale, check it out:

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/classifieds/?s=102&cate gory=4&SearchText=RS800&MinPrice=6799&MaxPrice=6 801

recently won the stokes bay open meet

yer me and my brother will have to have the racks the full way out so we definatly need the mini racks!!  and means we wont fall down the hole!!

well ther first nats was in 2000 so must be around that time ish!!