D-Zero

Originally posted by yellowwelly

the approach on the RS has been somewhat underwhelming, certainly at consumer level, I have no idea what is going down at institutional marketing level, more than we know about is my suspicion... it leads me to suspect that the UK single purchase dinghy racer is not really the intended target market.  Again gut feel... but I get the vibe it's a boat designed for bulk purchases, emerging markets and if a few of 'us' want one, then fair enough, that's the price, pick a sail, off you go... happy sailing.
Conversely the D-Zero seems to be hitting the enthusiasts spot, with an all-up great looking, sensible modern alternative to what's out there in unarig world already.  I'm struggling to find a negative to be honest... to the point where even glaringly obvious personal mismatches (e.g. 10kg over the initial weight recommendations) has someone who swore blind they'd lay off dinghies for a while, especially with the new class after-birth of PY b**locks etc that's yet to flush through, looking at work arounds for those typical conditions where the +10kg really would punish him.     And it just looks like a nice boat to sail... fresh, vibrant and modern.  I can't help but like it, but then it's a commercialised Punk, so no surprises there really.

I guess if the Aero had been aired as much, then the excitement and buzz feeling would be equal towards that, but it hasn't, so it isn't... it's just a.n.other singlehander which might do something interesting, or might not... m'eh.  If there were 10 racing locally without any multi rig BS I'd look at it, until then, not I'm really interested.

Edited by yellowwelly - 26 Feb 14 at 5:07pm