Grafham D-Zero Demo Day

Originally posted by Null Just found it!!!!  1010.  Not sure where they got the RYA handicap of 1050 from??? Aero 9 1010 as well.  Wish i had one for the Birkett now, Will be sailing a Phantom http://events.sailracer.info/events/user_files/Great%20Lakes%20Handicaps%202014-2015-20140509-100511.pdf

Seems about right, a friend had a go in the zero at L&L and he was mixing it with the Phantoms/400s. Probably end up 1020 i think.

I'll be at the Birkett with X1, come and say hello! ;-) Forescast looking great with loads of sun. First LB for me.

Originally posted by sandgrounder Originally posted by Punky Chew decided that it wasn't in the interest of existing fleets to allow the boats to be demo'ed there. I find it somewhat incongruous that a sailing club would defend a fleet to the exclusion of all others, including a 21st century boat that its members apparently have an interest in, whilst at the same time flouting class rules and potentially destroying that same fleet.

For the record I ought to say that the current commodore and his team have done a genuinely excellent job in the three years or so they've been in post. But yes, I was surprised and disappointed to be told that new singlehanders were not to be encouraged. Instead of protecting the Laser fleet, which did indeed place a group buy of replica sails, I suspect the aim was to protect the strongly growing Solo fleet. I have good friends in both fleets, but do feel a boat ought to be able to stand in its own right, not just because it was historically popular.

We'll be fully powered up in anythin over a F2... only 15.8 sq M on a beam not much bigger than a Phantom

Can't wait!! Never sailed with 174 boats before.

Do agree about inward looking sailing sailing clubs. 

Edited by Blue One - 02 Jul 14 at 12:57pm

Originally posted by AlexM We'll be fully powered up in anythin over a F2... only 15.8 sq M on a beam not much bigger than a Phantom Can't wait!! Never sailed with 174 boats before.