Dinghy Show

Originally posted by shadeux I guess you can capsize anything if you put your mind to it!

Yes, even the Challenger trimaran will capsize if you push it hard enough or get a wave wrong.  

Originally posted by pondmonkey Wouldn't the kite lift the bow Jack?

Originally posted by shadeux I guess you can capsize anything if you put your mind to it! The chap who sailed his with us usually sailed single handed but if the wind was up and he was feeling a bit frisky then his son would crew for him and have a blast. Kite, jib and main and reasonable performance secure in the knowledge that it's not looking for the first opportunity to kill you, what's not to like ?

they can stick the beak in quite well running deep.

Do they have strict rules about sitting in ?
As soon as the RO sets one of our FYC harbour tour courses, it comes down to sitting out hard on a tight 3 sail reach.
It's a lot easier for a boat to look good on a proper w/l course.
I'll admit the 400 shares that.

Originally posted by Owenfackrell I thought it was described as hard to capsize but easy to right if it does. oh and that double dammed looks fun.

+1

And I hadn't realised you can sail it one or two up, who sells these things in England, I saw it at the LBS a couple of years back but didn't really pay it any mind thinking it was more of a cat than a mono, but in reality it is a mono with stabilisers and looks a great training boat.

I've sailed that bit of water and those swells are quite steep, not unlike the channel in places and it is always windy in the Gorge particularly the further downwind you go, the sailing clubs tend to stick to the western end and rarely venture 'out East' which is wind and kitesurf country and very often with 3.5 sails and 7-9mtr kites (small).