RS300 A-rig

Plus you could reef the B rig. I don't know if you still can

Originally posted by jeffers ...They were never intended to be different classes along the lines of...

Exactly so. It came out in the days when the performance equalisation fad was still in fashion.

half the battle with py is getting decent data from the clubs, which in turn need it from the sailors.  if all the clubs had the same race entry system you might stand a chance, but again relies on the sailors themselves selecting the right rig.

Why does the A rig not have its own PY number (like Aero, Laser etc.)? There must be enough data by now to work out the offset. When I was sailing exclusively in a B rig, the chap in an A rig never got close whatever the conditions. It made the A rig a bit pointless; better to keep the big rig up and deal with the conditions. I found exactly the same when I was in Lasers and it was permitted to sail a radial sometimes but signed on as a full rig - this just doesn't work!

Bryn, the mast is not cheap fella, the sails are about £500, the mast just shy of a grand, unfortunately you have to buy both sections.  I would suggest you look for a boat with the B-rig already.  Not that there is much bloody difference between the two.