We love RS400 but...
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Topic: We love RS400 but...
Posted By: ss_lux
Subject: We love RS400 but...
Date Posted: 30 Jul 11 at 9:45am
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... We just weight 20 stones. Do you think it is still feasible to sail it inland?
Thanks! |
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 30 Jul 11 at 11:09am
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We've had the major club handicap series won several times by an RS400 crew with that sort of weight, maybe a tad more. I think you'd really struggle in waves, because it seems to need the weight to help it get that big bow through the lumps, but inland that won't be a problem. Obviously you'll have to work hard on technique and sail settings upwind, but you'll fly downhill.
To my mind people get over excited about lack of weight - if you do the sums then another two stone hanging over the rail probably only gives you extra righting moment to equal a couple of knots more wind... |
Posted By: ss_lux
Date Posted: 30 Jul 11 at 7:34pm
Great! That's the kind of answer I was hoping to read  . I think we'll have a go with it (with a prior test ideally)
Thanks |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 30 Jul 11 at 7:47pm
| Oh grief, for sure get a prior test if you haven't sailed one... Like all boats they have their idiosyncracies... For instance although I like sailing forward in one I won't helm one because I find the mainsheet loads ridiculous... I was assuming that you had appreciable time in them... And sail a 200 too: although I'm too lardy to get in one they do seem to be nice boats and much less brute forcish than the 400 which you may well find you prefer. |
Posted By: ss_lux
Date Posted: 31 Jul 11 at 9:48am
| Yes sure, I meant the both of us together, I've sailed it but with a much heavier helm! Thanks for your advice anyway! |
Posted By: ifoxwell
Date Posted: 01 Aug 11 at 9:22am
Not sure i agree with that. Granted it makes little difference to the super fit good sailors but it can make a big difference to a normal club sailor. I say that as some one that normally finds them selves to light for most boats of course! That said i agree with you that inland you'd be ok in a 400 if you work hard enough. We sailed one at 19 stone in a F3 and loved the boat... but were already pretty well de powered. I know we wouldn't have coped in a decent breeze. It frustrates me that we arnt really big enough to sail on actually as with a sensible sized kite it makes for a great all round boat... and the 200 that I guess was built for us just isnt such a nice boat. Ian ------------- RS300 |