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yellowwelly 
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Joined: 24 May 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2003 |
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 Topic: RS300?Posted: 05 Jul 13 at 8:24am |
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If we still had a fleet of them Steve I would have another one - no question. And I with the right amount of sambuca for Charlie, I'm fairly sure i could have got lilac one on special order...
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winging it
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Posted: 05 Jul 13 at 9:32am |
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Well, I am nearly persuaded to an RS300 myself, but for the fact I watched one of our chaps out in his last night. There was a decent breeze, but he seemed to spend an awful lot of the time perched uncomfortably up on the side. The boat was flat, and it's fair to say he is a touch on the large side, but at no point was he hiking in a comfy looking pose. So I'm still not sure....
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the same, but different...
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yellowwelly
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Posted: 05 Jul 13 at 9:52am |
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a decent set of hikers and they're fine... FWIW I think you need to get the toestraps set up nicely, the boat is quite wide and getting them right will be a personal thing based on leg length and hiking style.
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Steve411
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Posted: 05 Jul 13 at 12:42pm |
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Yeh, most people have the toestraps too long. They actually need to be pretty tight.
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ben_a
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Joined: 12 Sep 12 Location: Bristol Online Status: Offline Posts: 19 |
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Posted: 07 Jul 13 at 4:03pm |
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Anyone got any ideas how the Europe stacks up against a Solo on the water? They have the same handicap so the Solo fleet could provide some competition side by side against a Europe. Perhaps a less exciting boat than a 300/600 but I guess I'd be a weight for one.
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Posted: 07 Jul 13 at 7:14pm |
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There is a Europe racing regularly at Chew, so that would provide some direct competition for you. Lots of Solos too obviously, but often they race off their own start.
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winging it
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Posted: 07 Jul 13 at 9:12pm |
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you need to talk to Andy Harris who is the europe sailor at Chew, he would set you up a test sail. Europes are great boats.
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ben_a
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Posted: 07 Jul 13 at 9:58pm |
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^^ I bumped into Andy this weekend so I'll definitely follow up with him for a test... that the low boom looks like hard work though!
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andy h
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Posted: 07 Jul 13 at 10:17pm |
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I'm away for the next couple of weekends but after that give my boat a go and see what you think.
On Wednesday evenings you would be in the B handicap along with about a dozen Solos on identical PY. That's a challenge! They are beatable when it's blowing but they do drift very well in the light stuff. |
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ben_a
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Posted: 04 Aug 13 at 2:24pm |
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No Europes around so I went for the 300 in the end. After my first couple of outings I think I'm going to like it - I will struggle with the lack of weight upwind and it will be a challenge keeping her the right way up in a F5, but but I'm not looking to win the nationals and I think that I'm going to learn a lot in her.
Thanks for all the advice, and test sails and offers of test sails. Ben Edited by ben_a - 04 Aug 13 at 2:25pm |
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