RS aero

One thing's for certain, the D-Zero fleet racing we're experiencing at Grafham Water is infinitely closer than anything seen in the Laser fleet over the last few years. It's a breath of fresh air to be honest, with negligible separation across the fleet.


Edited by sandgrounder - 09 Feb 15 at 5:49pm

I can't stand all that close racing bollox, t**sers everywhere getting in the way, used my small sail yesterday, because i can't cut it with the big one, then it didn't turn out to be as windy as it looked and I'm all close encounters, coming out of the marks behind someone stuffing to try and climb above someone else and not enough speed or distance to go under and out, tack off and you lose the shift, because inevitably it's the wrong way, close with them and the savvy ones luff to guard their mark room on downwind legs, no power to sell them a dummy and dive through their lee, having to give way on port lay lines to overstanding t**ts, there is no substitute for a nice fast boat a clean start and loosely covering and the only time you get involved with them is on the way through when your lapping and they're a bit drawn out. I'm done with one design, very very tedious, give me a fast boat with a slow handicap..

Edited by Woodbotherer - 09 Feb 15 at 5:57pm

Precisely- no one owning either is a) surprised or b) particularly bothered.

There's a few zero owners I know who would bail out at the first sight of anything too channelled down structured roots / delusions of Olympic aspirations etc...

I know of the class vibes kicking around- something more akin to the 300s and Mustos would get my vote over layered structures, squads and development programmes.

But horses for courses - at the level I sail at you frankly pick either and you'd have a good ship.

Edited by turnturtle - 09 Feb 15 at 6:32pm

Originally posted by salmon80 Well it matters if your 6000 quid investment is worth 1500 after 2 years like so many have done before

Surely it's the risk you have to be prepared to take if you are an early adopter.

Depreciation on RS boats is well known - but food for thought, they're nearer 5 grand and if it's worth 2k after 3 years that's cheap sailing (for new boats) imho