The Solution.

Originally posted by Woodbotherer Y Bringing the overall total to three knob ends in the boat I hear you say.

Edited by jeffers - 11 Mar 15 at 12:19pm

I've seen a few over the years- they look seriously nice racing boats- a healthy blend of classic good looks with a some modern interpretation.

Originally posted by jeffers   I liked it to a point but it was not the boat it was made out to be (IMO).

Edited by Woodbotherer - 11 Mar 15 at 1:32pm

Fundamentally it failed for me because when I looked at it, it was clear the people building it were only likely to sell a few a year so it would never reach a critical mass: I always liked the look of it and would have liked to have bought one but the combination of a lack of marketing power from the original builders combined with a lack of build capacity meant that if you bought one you would race in a handicap fleet and when you came to sell it there wouldn't be enough of a market to get a decent return on your investment. Sadly that proved to be true (at least relative to when I looked into buying one) I do think they are nice boats and there is a place for them but it shows really why people buy RS not solution etc. One of my club mates was looking at getting one and I remember telling him they could not build more than 20 a year so in 5 years there would still only be 100 in the whole country and they would be widely spread. In the end he test sailed one but couldn't cope after a capsize- he's had a Solo for the past 5 (?) years and hasn't looked back, but I still like the look of them for myself!

Originally posted by iiitick Where is there for the Solution to go? We now have the Zero/Aero mopping up those mid range sales.