K1 - Whats the point?

Originally posted by Rupert I'd have thought that singlehanders that fall over if left alone while the trolley is being taken away are more hassle than this boat to launch and recover singlehanded

Having sailed both single-handed dinghies and keelboats reasonably extensively, I beg to differ.

Plenty of clubs have a winch at the top of the slipway for rescueboats and wayfarers already, too.

Sure they do. I use such winches almost every time I go sailing and it's a two-person job, one at the winch, one at the boat. Furthermore, before you can use a winch, you've got to get the boat, which can't be beached and floats in significantly deeper water than a dinghy, onto the trolley which you left somewhere above the high tide mark. Have fun with that without someone else to help.

My remarks are about operating a single-handed boat as a single-hander. Of course sailors can and do help each other out but relying on that pretty much rules out sailing except at organised times when you know others will be around. That's quite a limitation.

It looks quite fun .. like having a 2nd persons weight with you but with none of the abuse you get from the fool at the front of the boat!

Might have to try one ... depending on the final sale price ..

Ex Y&Y editor Peter Milne designed the Typhoon in the '60s (?) and this was a c.16ft 2 man trapeze dinghy with a lifting keel, a little like a small Tempest. I guess modern materials will give this sort of thinking a new life where they were failed by the limited technology (& thinking?) at the time.

Originally posted by Norbert Originally posted by robinft Ex Y&Y editor Peter Milne designed the Typhoon in the '60s (?) and this was a c.16ft 2 man trapeze dinghy with a lifting keel, a little like a small Tempest. I guess modern materials will give this sort of thinking a new life where they were failed by the limited technology (& thinking?) at the time. Crikey, kick started my cerebral random access memory. Are you sure the Typhoon had a keel. I'm pretty certain it was billed as more like a mini FD, but then twas a long long time ago

I think his Javelin was the mini-FD. I'm pretty sure the Typhoon had a keel but I'm willing to stand corrected by someone that is absolutely, definately positive! Had a quick Google but couldn't find anything.

Typhoon is this one: