The RS100 Owners Thread

We managed to have the first RS100 race at an RS open meeting this
weekend at Lymington. Finally gave me a chance to get out of the river in
more than 3 knots of wind. I could only race yesterday, but three windward
leeward courses starting with the 700's.

First time I have sailed the production boat in any breeze and it was great.
Took me until race 3 to get the rig looking right, then great upwind. The
boat is actually more forgiving than you may think, and if you carry a bit of
weight you can even dry capsize with the kite up! .......twice if you try hard
enough....

well after boasting about how well I had done on the Wednesday I came dead last on Saturday. There was a bit
more wind and i wasn't feeling 100% so struggled to keep it
flat up-wind and then couldn't hold the kite on the
reaches...

O well

Ian

We're going to be holding an unofficial
get together next Saturday (15th) at Parkstone Yacht Club.
All are welcome to come along. General plan is to arrive
mid morning, rig and chat, go for a quick sail, have some
lunch and then go back out again for two back to back club
races. There’s a £7.50 fee the club charges I’m afraid for
day visitors. Let me know if you would like to come by
commenting to this post or PM'ing me. Phil

Originally posted by ifoxwell Well I had a great sail last night. The start of our Wednesday evening race series… and I can see the 100 becoming a bit of a bandit for this series as I won, 4 min clear of the next boat. It was a gentle F2-3 for most of the race, dying off at the end as it tends to in the evening… which was handy as I was hiking flat out for much of it and as my strength faded, so did the wind. I suspect it will be a different story however when the winds up! Ian

What Ian didn't tell you is that the next boat was the alleged bandit-59er, using the trapeze but still on 908 (was on 920 without wire). The first 'normal' boat (an RS600) was almost 7 minutes down on corrected time, and virtually dead heat with the 100 on the water.

That said, Ian was at full stretch on the final kite reach/run to the line while the 59er crew was stood by the mast. Did someone say overcanvassed?

Regards, the RO.

Originally posted by G.R.F. Originally posted by Guest#260 the great Grumpfs never loses because of his own sailing skills Fact! Well done Rick, nice to see you're learning..

Took me a while but I got there in the end