The RS100 Owners Thread

I wouldn’t really say it’s a monster.. no more difficult than a Phantom but like most things you’ve got to work hard to get the most out of it. However upwind the Phantom is much much better, most of the time you are racing 400s but with the 100 it’s just damage limitation. I think the monster tag might have come from the gybing aspect where it was difficult in high winds especially if you were at the lower end of the scale (a gybing strop soon sorted that out) Out of the two sails most people thought the bigger sail was better (but was too big for the little uns) and one of the suggestions to solve the difference between the two rigs was to try and cut the smaller rig the same…….. but they didn’t go for that and it’s now a one rig class

Edited by AlexM - 03 Jun 14 at 9:24am

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For me I find it a real shame in where the class it at currently.... all it needed was a few more years of growth and it would of naturally split into two classes racing at the same venue.

Wow, I got out of this at the right time! Sold for more than I bought it new for a year ago! 

Originally posted by Rupert If you watch a big rig Laser going upwind when overpowered, you can see it sliding sideways in the gusts as wind is spilled, whereas the Radial is powered up more of the time and climbs higher. In the Laser, the extra upwind sail area is worth hanging onto for getting back down wind again. In the 100, you can bung up an extra sail, so there isn't the need for the bigger sail upwind. I'm sure if the boat was unarigged, the big sail would be the dominant one.

it's the 'opposite' in so many ways.

Edited by kneewrecker - 03 Jun 14 at 11:21am