yet another what boat...

True bloody true I'll have to see if Dave and Chris will put me on commission...lol

ps. although I'm sadly missing from the show you might spot something that belongs to me.........

The tasar takes a range of wieghts and with 170kg we were mixing it with RS400s in the light airs...the lark being at 1073, tasar 1023, RS200 in between.  Without the hassle and cost of a spinnaker you get a boat which is faster than the RS200 and the 420.

Also if it is a bit of a puddle you sail on, then the simple jib pole (which is pretty long!) will help you concentrate on tactics and wind rather than hoists and drops.

Lugging around a lark at 95kg will be tough compared to a tasar at 66kg??, with the rs200 at about 82kg for comparison.

The tasar is simple to sail but take some time to master planing upwind and getting the best out of the sail shape from both sails- the crew has nine controls while the helm has three! So there is plenty to learn at the ffront as well.

The light, plane all directions design will prepare you well for moving to the 420 or 29er which of course have a wide youth scene for later.  You will learn to keep the boat under the rig and steer for balance in a light , super responsive boat, definetly needed for later higher performance boats like the 29er and whatever the next womens olympic boat actually will be.

I think the jump from a mirror to the 29er is pretty far, with a faster hiking boat being needed in between. Maybe a 19er with trap option! (you could look at the topper topaz hull/rig options I suppose!)

Tasars in racing condition can be had at less than a grand and your folks can pop on the roof to take one home if they have an estate car.

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