D-Zero

Mr Null ….

It would be nice once in a while if more put away their tribal colours and engaged in a  bit of a free ranging debate without all the unnecessary baggage.   It diverts more useful discussion at the least.

I’ve sailed Zero (naturally the Aero as well ) and I do have my views. Equally I recognize that others will prefer different boats – but like the majority here I seldom argue that ‘my’ boat is somehow better than ’yours’ without tongue firmly in check.   There is no point whatsoever.  Or knocking others boats as a knee-jerk reaction to anything that ‘we’ decide we don’t like or have an axe to grind on about.

We can surely however look at different generic dinghy controls and systems as they are applied to all boats .. are you getting my drift ?.  I have never stated that, specifically the ‘Zero’ is in some sort of straightjacket btw -  How could anyone make that point when we see the class quickly ‘adjusting’ its stance to carry different sized sails - and more recently to offer pivoting rudders.  And what next ? Of course this will happen to any class over time and these changes, adopted when needed, are surely for the better ?  It is not possible on this earth to rule out additional changes in the future – for any class.

As ever the Blaze seems to ‘get your goat’ in passing.  Oh well I suppose I’d better respond……  You (also) state in the latest missive that we have choices in the market – man up then and just get over this particular choice.  I don't constantly refer to the Zero in a -ve light in passing neither do others here ..... I also have to state for the record then Blaze growth is excellent, Hartley’s just borrowed a spare one from us at the last minute to put on their stand at the Dinghy Show in addition to one on the CA stand (the formal tooling handover is in June)… and then took another TEN+ deposit paid orders over the weekend and in the following couple of days.   Not a record, far from it,  but not shabby at all for a ‘minor’ class that has been around for quite a few years. 

I’m delighted whatever you choose to sail – honestly.  I’m also pleased that other classes are growing.  That is good for all of us.   IMO dinghy sailing/racing is hardly best promoted by some of the repetitive, predictable and negative –ve ‘banter’ here.  We are not all ‘mutually exclusive’ !!  

PS - You don't see a bus coming for ages and then TWO come along together tied at the hip !!

Mr TT .. so you've checked the Blaze National results then as suggested ?  See all the good polyester boats mixed with the ones produced in the last decade in there, checking the numbers just in case we were misleading you..... NO ?  .... QED then.