The RS100 Owners Thread

 

When I had a Vareo,I use to drop the kite & pull it completely into the Shute until the downhaul was tight & then put a little tension in the up haul with the spinlock on & this stopped excess rope being blown around the shroud ends,

It may be the wrong thing to do But it always worked for me & was not damaging any sails or spinlocks.

 

Originally posted by ChrisC Very interested to hear what mode everyone is sailing upwind. I am trying to sheet no harder than just pulling the traveller block away from the stop (although you can go a lot tighter/ higher than this). Also using quite a lot of kicker and cunningham in virtually all winds to flatten off the top part of the sail and keep the drive low down. Seems to work well bur as I have nothing to compare with very keen to hear other experiences.

I'm just over 70kg and this weekend I was using the same
amount of kicker as you, that said I had a reasonable F3
to play with both times and I needed to flatten it off
because for me... its still a big sail.

Ian
RS100
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Originally posted by G.R.F. only fault I found, during a gybe I slipped back into the boat on a shiney bit

I've ordered some TBS grip from Sailboats to apply to the bevelled section
between the floor and the side tank and also to the lower side tank - seem
to stand on these shiny bits when tacking and also in light winds and have
gone A over T a few times as a result !

Have to say the grip on the floor and the raised central spine is excellent as
is the grip on the side decks, which keeps you safely in place at all times.

Hi all, I hope a non owner can join in. I'm having a shot of an RS100 courtesy of JP Watersports, the Scottish RS dealers. Much enjoying it. To answer a question about RS300s; I had two races against a bunch of RS3s yesterday and previously sailed an RS3 for 2 years. The RS1 is very different in character. You may not have to be a little crazy to sail an RS3 but it helps. The RS1 is so much more stable, its very relaxing to sail compared with the 3. You even have luxuries like a centre jammer. I reckon the 1's position in market is for intermediates/ racers, not strictly the latter as per RS3, 6 and various other RSs. I've only used the 8.4 so far, it went quite well against the RS3s, just a tad slower on most points of sailing, in two races of 11 mph and 8 mph. First race finished among most RS3s on water, but one beat me on hcap. Second race in lighter stuff, windwd leewd, lost to two of them on hcap. Results depend very much on wind and angles of legs. RS1 fast on tight reach, of course slow on deep legs in light winds. Agree use lots kicker generally. Not sure re outhaul sail depth, want to try more, only had couple fingers width versus boom at max depth. My problems so far; slow upwind against a chop, slow hoists and drops, hi friction in chute. Any ideas? Re latter, will try standing up on hoist/ drops instead of sitting on side deck, what do other ppl do? Suggest someone starts kicker calibration to facilitate discussion. Like RS3 do upper and lower stripes x cm and y cm above the frankenstein bolt.

Ha ha  Grumpf, I'm not rising big boy!  If it is indeed faster then lets drop your trial PY to below 1000!!

 

FWIW i dont fall over much in gusts and waves anymore, the 300 is a boat for people that want to challenge their technique!  Not buy a boat that can be sailed buy any Newbie numpty.