D-Zero

Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by Lumpster Why an A7 for the sea? Thought  dzero meant to be good in waves because of the wave piercing bow if a bit wetter.  No, they have two or three drawbacks on the sea, they've got this little sticky up bit that's a self baler that will get destroyed when beaching (the main reason I didn't end up with one), they've got nothing to get hold of when you want to help someone in and onto the trailer, and they have a mining tendency in waves. Plus there's a guy at our club giving quite a good account of himself in an A7 often beating me, and he's got a mate in an A9 that came past me the other night like i was stood still, (but stacked it later on the run)but when the winds up a bit doesn't matter wether I'm wiring the Farr, or semi wiring my Fireblade thing he's all over me like a bad rash. Only time I can nail him is in marginal planing and waves and only with Herculean kinetic effort and using the waves to full effect, but once he clocks what to do, I'll be history.

Originally posted by Lumpster Why an A7 for the sea? Thought  dzero meant to be good in waves because of the wave piercing bow if a bit wetter.

No, they have two or three drawbacks on the sea, they've got this little sticky up bit that's a self baler that will get destroyed when beaching (the main reason I didn't end up with one), they've got nothing to get hold of when you want to help someone in and onto the trailer, and they have a mining tendency in waves.

Plus there's a guy at our club giving quite a good account of himself in an A7 often beating me, and he's got a mate in an A9 that came past me the other night like i was stood still, (but stacked it later on the run)but when the winds up a bit doesn't matter wether I'm wiring the Farr, or semi wiring my Fireblade thing he's all over me like a bad rash. Only time I can nail him is in marginal planing and waves and only with Herculean kinetic effort and using the waves to full effect, but once he clocks what to do, I'll be history.

Edited by iGRF - 04 Sep 21 at 6:47pm

Why an A7 for the sea? Thought  dzero meant to be good in waves because of the wave piercing bow if a bit wetter. 

Originally posted by Grumpycat On a personal level I just prefer how the D-zero feels underneath me and the fact I only need one sail to cover all the conditions I would sail in .

I agree, the DZ just feels so much better, but even so I find myself on the look out for an A7 more suited to use on the sea.

We did have a long term poster that did go from one to the other ( as well as a D-one , a Hadron and a Supernova too ) But he left years ago after a spat with our ‘ favourite’ troll . Though I did hear a rumour that he is thinking of getting a D-zero again .