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    Posted: 05 Mar 14 at 1:24pm
Originally posted by Bootscooter

I agree with pretty much everything that's been written (especially about the OK being gorgeous), but my only concern about the D0 is the lack of hand-holds for launching and land-manoeuvring (please enlighten me if I missed something). I don't know about others, but when launching on a lee shore in a Laser I grab the gunwhale lip with the forward hand to steady the boat while dropping the daggerboard in with my aft hand. Also, that lip is mighty handy when attempting to haul my bulk onto the turtled hull enough to grab the board when upside down. I noticed the RS has this but the D0 doesn't - an issue for the less experienced sailor maybe?
That aside the boat looked lovely

I did wonder that ... With no gunwale lip how will you manhandle it?

I like the no gunwale from a styling perspective. 
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it's going to be interesting... but at least you won't be checking for cracks every time you take the cover off.
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I like the lack of a gunwale lip from a sailing perspective - no big drag increase when you dip the (low)  gunwale in a roll tack or sudden gust.  Also, it means that the full width of the boat contributes to stability as it heels, not just the bit inward of the lip.

Would be nice to hear how best to cope with handling the boat, however, not least in a capsize.  In the case of an inversion, thea lip is a handy step up onto the hull.  Maybe the narrowness of the D-Zero makes it a doddle anyway?
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Originally posted by Norbas

Originally posted by yellowwelly

I think our own personal preferences on that debate should not dissuade us from investigating the very real potential of all sailing together every now and again, without the complexity of a handicapping system to ruin it.   

Even the Rooster 8.1 sailors could join in...

Eh what...did someone mention 8.1 sailors...what did I miss???
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Originally posted by yellowwelly

it's going to be interesting... but at least you won't be checking for cracks every time you take the cover off.

IMO "interesting" may not be the word in-use when you are trying to pull yourself onto it for the 2nd or 3rd time and the waters cold, and there's not much to get a hold of and the rescue boat is circling (and trying not to snigger too much) and you're getting pretty knackered and thinking that golf may not be as cr@p as you thought it was prior to launching....

Lest we forget, one of the "major moans" about the RS100 was it's upside-down/on-side 'performance' and foibles when trying to get back into it.  Now as an ex-Canoe and Moth sailor (among others) I don't have much trouble with the 100, but it's still had me cursing in tides/swells as it's not always the easiest beast to get onto, and that's with righting lines and an overhang to help!

BTW, I haven't sailed this, so please accept this as tongue-in-cheek, based on photo's and forum chat
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simple Jeffers... please come sailing with us at some random, but light-spirited, event somewhere.  

If I had either and Aero or Zero, we could even swap for a race if you're up for it?
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Originally posted by getafix

 BTW, I haven't sailed this, so please accept this as tongue-in-cheek, based on photo's and forum chat

I think this forum ought to qualify posts which don't comply to the above....  LOL
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Originally posted by yellowwelly

simple Jeffers... please come sailing with us at some random, but light-spirited, event somewhere.  

If I had either and Aero or Zero, we could even swap for a race if you're up for it?

If there is a suitable race when I am free then I would be more than happy to.

With the arrival of a little bundle of joy in mid-June I can see my sailing being seriously curtailed for the second half of the year though....

We are trying to persuade Rodney to bring a D0 (and maybe an Icon) to Hunts for a demo day though.
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there is a very real possibility of an Icon coming to Hunts quite soon.  With the D Zero I think Rodney is leaning more towards Grafham.
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Winging it was arranging an Icon test at Dinghy Show as it would be a good boat for the lake at Hunts, no spinny.
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