What next?

i have to say dont listen to all the nancy boys saying get some experience on another class before trying the 600. i jumped into my 600 with several years in a feva, one year in a laser, during which i did some furball crewing and went out on a 800 once or twice and a 700 once. Just jump into the 600, be prepared to swim alot, and ignore the muppets sitting behind the bar comenting on how much of an eejit you look!

P.S. I had all of last summer after my GCSEs to muck about in the demo 600 to work out exactly what i was doing wrong. I was sailing at least every other day and it took me a long time to get up to speed enough to get around a race course in the same time as a laser due to all the capsizes. but it was sooooo much fun, and its even more fun now ive got the hang of it!

Splosh (my brother) had a vortex before his 600........

He got bored.......so he fitted a kite..........he got bored again.........so he bought a 600........now he loves the 600 and doesn't ever want to sell it!!

Although saying that the vortex may be ok if you want to take a novice out in light winds as there is plenty of room and they are very stable but then in strong winds you can go for a play!!

I suppose the learning curve could be a bit steep for somewhere like soton water in a 600 or mps but once learnt it would be great fun!!

Adam

The 4k would be a good choice, depending on just how novice your crews will be if you are OK in a 4k and have the money you could look at an 800 - there must be a lot going cheap right now and it's easier than the 29er to sail imo. I've taken inexperienced people out in them.

Learning to sail a high performance singlehander on soton water would be a bit scary given the traffic and most are pretty full on (RS600, MPS etc.) maybe look at a vortex with an asy or even a blaze? I'd def stay away from the 600 coming from a 405/4000, it is an animal. Harder than my 14 to sail.


Edited by m_liddell

Get a 600!!!!

Their awesome (not that I have one or anything)

But seriously.... you already have trapezing experience from the 4k (exactly like my brother and I did! ), there is two sets of racks so your weight will suit one of them, you dont need to worry about a crew and if you know someone else with one (like me and my brother) its just soo much fun!

Adam

I'm probably about 11st and about 5'11". I want something fast and wet but manageable with various crew sizes and abilities. Im giving the 4k some thought and am hoping the one I crew at the moment will be for sale when the helm leaves uni this year. What about singlehanders? Dont really want a laser though.