The RS100 Owners Thread

Originally posted by fab100 Originally posted by 2547   So at 85kgs (or below) you could be all rigged and ready to go with your 10.2 then Fred turns up to sail his 100 and so you then have to switch to the 8.4? I repeat. There are no other 100s at my club.

I think that this problem has rumbled on for more than the last 5 pages!  I seem to remember picking up on it about 180 pages ago (when James was still sailing a 100)  and I questioned where the class was going.  I.e. 2 classes or in fact you should just bin off the separation and have the ability to pick you sail on the day and sail with it.  I was shouted down (prior to my involvement with the D1) that it would be two classes.  Unfortunately despite people saying otherwise it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between the two rigs.  That’s not speculation its FACT.  Looking at two 100's from the shore with different rigs is like one of the those pictures when you were a kid...Spot the difference.  For me it’s clear what the class should do.  Wither split the fleet and the boats are called Rs110, Rs108  and now RS107 each class has their own start, PY etc. etc. like the Lasers fragmenting what it still a relatively small class.  Or in fact they should just bin off the separate fleet thing and you all pick your weapons on the day Or finally design a new sail - A one size fits all type thing and put the rest down to experience.  Although I suspect this won’t work as it would cost RS/The Class owners a fortune! 

The whole thing is so complicated and seems to lack any direction.  I just hope you all sort it out for yourselves, believe it (or not as I guess you all think I want you to fail) I hope the message becomes clear for any potential newcomers or existing class members as I enjoy racing the 100's and the more single handed hiking kite boats there are the more it helps promote the D1 in a perverse kind of way?!

 

Originally posted by fab100 as it stands, if the rule goes thru as is, correct. ... but swapping is too much of a PITA.

I posted several pages ago....

The thing is clubs cannot change class rules and there is a specific requirement in the RRS for the sailor to comply with class rules at all time. So surely anything you do not want enforced at club level, class or handicap racing, should not be in the class rules. As soon as its in the class rules it may be enforced, and its no good saying Fred is a petty nitpicker if he protests to enforce the rules that according to RRS he has a responsibility to enforce.

I'm sure you don't need me to tell you it would be wise to run all this past the rule authorities before putting a rule change together. After all as soon as you become a National or International class you are no longer sole masters of your own destiny rules wise, RYA and ISAF respectively have a power of veto.

If you want changes of eligibility for class events then surely they belong in SIs, just like mark bashing.