The RS100 Owners Thread

Originally posted by haroosh No beer drinking? Whats that all about at a Nationals? Must have been lonely drinking on your own.......

Seriously they don't drink.. None of em.

Pussies, all 'serious ex squaddies' I reckon, schooled against the evils of
alcohol..

Shame really I only went for what I thought might be the craic, and there
wasn't any.

Edited by G.R.F.

In that case, it can only be a "religion" thing.

Or maybe those four back to backs just plain got the better of em.

Then again they didn't even drink together on the training day, a few of them
scurried off for an early curry (7 pm ffs) nobody eats curry at a nationals
before midnight..

Thank the Lord - I thought that if Chris C wasn't socialising there must be something seriously wrong - glad to hear it was just grumph going for his evening nap and missing out on the fun.

 

Hi Keith,

You missed a cracking event - you should have been there. I hear you
have been out in that 'demo boat' rather a lot - has anyone else tried it
yet !!!!

As to the 8.4 v 10.2 discussion, the only conclusion is that there are no
conclusions !!

On both days there were both 8.4's and 10.2's going fast including big
guys on 8.4's and smaller guys (like me !) on 10.2's going fast also.

Personally I wasn't having problems on the 10.2 upwind even in the big
breeze on the Sunday - the key, for me anyway, seemed to be getting the
sail flat and I used a massive amount of outhaul, which I hadn't done
before - God knows how (?) but i even managed to get first around
windward mark in one race and 3rd in the next - just a shame that I was
so totally crap at gybing !

The one thing I did conclude is that the 8.4's seemed to be having a
slightly easier time of it gybing, probably because of the effectively
shorter boom and less roach. The boom on the 10.2 is a total mother f--
--er when it comes across in that breeze and even worse when, as it did
to me on too many occasions, comes to the midpoint then goes back
again !

There were a lot of people swimming on the downwind, particularly
where you were forced into gybing for the layline or the gate - it was
carnage on occasions and only a miracle that there weren't more
collisions.

On the final downwind, I was totally drained and sadly decided it was
actually quicker to drop the kite, tack around and then re-hoist - sad but
effective ! On the finish line I actually dropped and did a double tack
(rather than single sail gybe) and made up a place.

Plenty still to learn, which is part of what makes this boat so much fun.

The guys that won, Neal and Huw, were just f'ing good ! Neal did a total
horizon job in the final race (like you do in the Vortex !). They just looked
smooth and in control - and having fun ! Followed Huw upwind a couple
of times and he didn't actually appear to be hiking that hard the bugger !
The boat was just slipping along very nicely at it was definately more a
case of skillful sailing rather than a battle of fitness.

As to hiking I have started wearing hikers. Resisted to start with because
it is so comfortable but they do give you more grunt and help preserve
your thigh muscles (apologies if you already know this but I hadnt used
them previously). You dont need thick ones though.

Despite GRF's assertions (where were you Greame ?!) there was plenty of
socialising and a lot of beer drunk - I had a spinny head both nights !
Demo Dave definately gets the prize though for demolishing that bottle
of Sambuca (well done Jimbo - great effort !)

It would be great to see you at our next event Keith - Draycote in
October.

Cheers

Chris

Originally posted by ChrisC It would be great to see you at our next event, Draycote in October. Cheers Chris

Is it? Cool - will be good to finally see one of these new fangled thingies sailing in the flesh! (Who knows someone might even let me have a go.....)