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    Posted: 26 Aug 14 at 1:00pm
Originally posted by Medway Maniac

Originally posted by jeffers

Originally posted by Medway Maniac

How did the D-0's go versus the Bytes.  Gobble them up, or just creep past?  On beat/on reach.

Given my experience of a D-0 vs a Laser then a Byte should be left far behind.

Given the 10% difference in likely PY's, that much is clear, but I guess I'm more wondering where and when the gobbling is done.  I'm guessing on a reach, especially in planing conditions, but it would be nice to hear some eye witness reports.

Upwind it certainly is faster than a Laser (so by extension should be the same against a Byte). Reaching the same. The only point of sail I found that a Laser could stay with the D-0 is dead downwind.
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Well I was an eye witness and the D Zero was faster or would have been if the young man sailing it had more experience in the boat. The problem was that he was racing Bytes during their Nationals and obstructed the leading boats, not his fault, he joins a race...so he races. The fact that he was mixing it with the leading boats must mean something. 

I had not seen a D Zero before and I was very impressed, so modern and neat with clever ideas.
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Originally posted by Simon Lovesey

Icon Crew out in D-Zero at GJW Direct SailFest  
The 'former boy' in the background.....
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Originally posted by JimC

Originally posted by Simon Lovesey

D-Zero at GJW Direct SailFest

Not over photogenic from that angle is it?


No, it looks awful in that pic!
Needs to sail more...
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Originally posted by tgruitt


Originally posted by JimC

Originally posted by Simon Lovesey

D-Zero at GJW Direct SailFest

Not over photogenic from that angle is it?
No, it looks awful in that pic!


Good job its stunning in the flesh then, eh?!
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Originally posted by Simon Lovesey


ISO Sailor enjoying D-Zero at GJW Direct SailFest


Own up someone! Who is it who took a chainsaw to our D-Zero? Since this picture was posted I have been looking for an angle that matches and just can't. Must be an optical illusion
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Originally posted by rodney

Originally posted by Simon Lovesey


ISO Sailor enjoying D-Zero at GJW Direct SailFest


Own up someone! Who is it who took a chainsaw to our D-Zero? Since this picture was posted I have been looking for an angle that matches and just can't. Must be an optical illusion


Each to their own but I really like it from that angle. You might think that I would say that, but I am pretty much sick of the sight of it most of the time Wink
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It does look like it is about 8 feet long in that shot, doesn't it?
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I wouldn't of drawn any conclusions on speed from that day! 1 young lad sailing a boat for the first time against the best byte fleet had to offer.  Even so he was noticeably quicker and rightly it should be!  Dan and I were going to take the boats out but we had a flurry of takers, the boats were there to be sailed by others and my massively inflated ego would never take a kicking from Holman again.
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It looks a bit Lego in that Daniel, fortunately you can always post that one time shot of Graeme smiling in a sail boat and balance shall be restored to The Force.
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