So what does the world need in a new dinghy then?

Considering nearly 300 folk have been active on this forum since new years eve, not that you'd think it, what is it that folk do want to discuss?

How about in an ideal world what they'd like in a new boat?

Or of the current offerings and cash permitting what would you choose for the coming season and why?

Personally I quite fancy that new F101 if the side bits can be removed for the dinghy park, but it's currently out of my budget with two bathrooms and a bedroom to refurb this year. The other flight of fancy would be to ring up Hartleys and order a built right down to weight Contender Hull then put a redesigned rig on it with a short boom and long bottom batten windsurf style probably smaller sail with more twist so I could manage it in a breeze.

So that's me, how about you?

Well I really like the Hadron H2 which fits a niche that I think there is a market for, I enjoyed sailing it, and with a few personal tweaks it would be a lovely and rewarding boat own one.  If I lived somewhere without a strong one Design fleet racing alternative, I would have one in a flash.

This year looks like being not very competitive racing from a beach.
So maybe I'd like something that moves on a little from the 400.
Less weight. Particularly aloft.
A rig which has more power in light air.
Easier to move around in light weather, easier to get weight forwards.
Does not turtle easily when capsized.
Easier to right, even from turtled.
Without of course losing any of the good points of the 400.

Unless there is some magic answer to the spinnaker paradox of needing a really big one to get away from the symmetrics who sail straight down the run and needing something not too big and fairly flat for tight reaches.Is twin kites a silly idea? Or a very silly idea?

Originally posted by maxibuddah To somehow dramatically increase the sail area downwind on a single hander without...

Or alternatively to dramatically reduce power upwind without paying a big drag penalty over a smaller rig.

Perhaps the question is not what does the world need in a new boat, but does the world need a new class? Seems to me that most bases are covered pretty well. There's always for instance people after a boat where you don't have to hike as much, but all that ever happens is someone comes along, hikes harder and goes faster etc etc