Two man club racer

Originally posted by JimC

Originally posted by JimC

I never noticed the kite sheets on RS400s pulling hard, mind you I was coming from Cherubs. IME its hoists and drops that really take it out on you, and the 400 is v good in that respect. OTOH I find the mainsheet loads unberedactedlievable, and to my mind it would be better of without the hoop and given a transom bridle and off the boom sheeting. Save a few quid on new boats too...

Going back to the original other key questions to add are where are you going to sail, and what are the forward hand's preferences when it comes to no spinnaker/asymettric/pole kite and also things like trapezes and getting wet tolerance.

My 11 YO son copes with the kite up to a fresh F3 so I agree about loads, the jib is more of a problem and needs me to pull the final 1.5 inches.
If I didn't have a hoop I'd fall out of the boat much more often.