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    Posted: 29 Sep 14 at 2:52pm
Originally posted by iGRF



It's even got, no wait, yes.. it's own Class Assocaition


yes I noticed that- interesting that one of the initial posts referenced what appears to be a defect / manufacturing compromise on the mast track join.  

The mast sections were a very good circumference fit, snug but smooth. the two sections did not butt together fully though, due to the positioning of the track a 1-2mm gap is left between the two sections, not sure that it is a problem, but it didn't feel quite like the best quality had been applied.
The sail ran up the track very smoothly, a minor difficulty encountered where the thin and thick lines that make up the halyard join and wouldn't go through the eye easily, but it came through on the third tug. I'm sure a bit of tape or whipping twine to shrink the bulk of the knot will help this.


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Graeme the review by the american was written by the Ameican retailer was it not?  No idea who did the rooster test?  As for class association, there is a website....
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Originally posted by Medway Maniac

Plenty of negativity of ongoing validity on there, though!

Trying to bury bad comments on the internet is a waste of time they always resurface usually with more force ... 
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Originally posted by jeffers

 Class racing 'run what yer brung'. This is what happens as most low level Laser events, radials and 4.7s all start at the same time although there may be a separate prize structure for them and their results get listed separately.

That's exactly what the Lasers do at my old club- and it seems to work out alright given they got over 60 different starters this year.  When I was sailing Lasers there we'd be lucky to get double figures.  
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Some reports from folk who seem to know their stuff.

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Originally posted by kneewrecker

 
1) there's a question mark around the three rigs and rig switching

whilst it might be easy to manage at class events, what are the implications for local clubs and as a result of potential inaccurate reporting, the formal ENs once they are released.


It is 3 classes and should be marketed as such (IMO).

I would also question a club that allows you to switch between all 3 rigs depending on the conditions. If all 3 sails were on the same spars then just maybe you could get away with it (when handicap racing of course).

Class racing 'run what yer brung'. This is what happens as most low level Laser events, radials and 4.7s all start at the same time although there may be a separate prize structure for them and their results get listed separately.
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Sorry James I didnt mean nonsense in that sense.  Bad choice of words.  
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Originally posted by Null

Thats the problem the other thread has a load of negative comments at the top now, so when googling Aero it will be bought to the top of the list.  it would of been better keeping the old thread alive and burying the nonsense within that thread..

Then starting this thread when someone other than Gurnard has boats.  Just My opinion

how much of it is nonsense though?

Just to re-cap:

1) there's a question mark around the three rigs and rig switching

whilst it might be easy to manage at class events, what are the implications for local clubs and as a result of potential inaccurate reporting, the formal ENs once they are released.

2) there's a question mark over build quality

- this is driven by a fear of the unknown- light boat equals fragility right?  And fear of the known- RS's more recent form with some newer projects - e.g. Brazil, that Cat and those of us with RS100s with retrofits and corrections.  

3) It has a dacron sail

- no biggie, a clear do you want to buy a boat with a dacron sail personal opinion.  From my own POV, no not really, not on a 21st century design anyway, even if the bias is such that it matches the mast perfectly, or some such other way of saying it's built to a budget.

4) Marketing hype

- again no biggie, we're used to it almost every other aspect of our lives;  but on a consumer forum (formerly) attached to the only consumer magazine with an interest in racing dinghies, RS need to prepare for some bite-back when they do.  I'm sure most of their Facebook followers couldn't give a crap for us lot calling out the planing upwind comments and the nonsense over how special those foils are.   And certainly the buyers at Mark Warner and Sunsail won't care one jot that the Y&Y boat test was written by the soon-to-be 'Class Manager'.    


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Thats the problem the other thread has a load of negative comments at the top now, so when googling Aero it will be bought to the top of the list.  it would of been better keeping the old thread alive and burying the nonsense within that thread..

Then starting this thread when someone other than Gurnard has boats.  Just My opinion
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I love the Tera (just THE best boat to take out when it is far too windy to sail anything else) and our juniors love the Tera in normal weather, so the Aero being a grown up one is a pretty good thing to say about the boat.
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