RS Aero vs Laser

Originally posted by PaulPoshW Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by RS400atC Only gap I can see in the market is a twin trapeze with conventional kite. !! As gaps in the market go that one should be worth one sale every twenty years or so... I think there's possibly a place for a truly modern mature sailor's singlehander with really good ergonomics. Its a difficult proposition because it involves balancing compromises between a lot of factors that at first sight look very much at odds. I think it would probably want: self draining, no kneeling down, board more or less level with water when capsized slow rate of roll, good roll tacking, reasonable static stability, light weight good weight carrying, little gain from extreme hiking, good comfort sitting out performance probably between Aero 9 and Laser I think I'm going to buy a pack of Dow Floormate and make up some temporary internal structures for my Vintage Moth to try out some ideas.    Sounds a little like the Hadron H2, perhaps it just needs a marketing machine behind it.

I guess if I really wanted a twin trap symmetric kite boat, I'd buy a 505 and spend a few quid on fittings and invent my own sail logo. Maybe just a bit more roach.....

Surely if you sift through the archaeology of defunct singlehander classes there's something out there just needing a carbon rig and a weight loss programme?

There are certainly some interesting ideas in the H2, but Keith and I come from very different sailing backgrounds with very different base thinking. It may well be, of course, that its just not possible to get all the key features I see as vital into a single boat. The "lonely Merlin Sailor" comment is well made for the H2, and, umm, lets say the Merlin ethos has never been mine.

For the first time in my life I'm thinking much more about the inside of the boat than the outside. Once you abandon the need to go as fast as possible, and instead target the speed range that seems to bring the least frustration in variable conditions, then the hull shape question comes a little easier. But, conversely, once the aging body is no longer so good at working round ergonomics deficies as it was 30 years before, then the internals start getting more significant.

Especially when you forget to take the tiller round the back, when you have been sailing your Phantom for a bit.
Splash much cursing by crew questions about what happened.
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Originally posted by turnturtle Can't say I agree the Farr 3.7 is 'too small' to look at....

Well, in truth it is clearly visible to the naked eye, but at 3.7mtrs long in anything less than a hurricane I can't see it getting the better of a streaker up wind., No racing dinghy should be shorter than 390 and even that is slow.