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Smight at BBSC 
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 Topic: RS500 (Again)Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 8:26pm |
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Webmuppet
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 8:14pm |
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Burghfield Sailing Club, Nr Reading Berks "The RS Test centre is centrally located at Burghfield Sailing Club, one of the largest inland sailing clubs in the country. The Test centre is equipped with new RS models to test on an appointment basis. The centre is open all year round and allows a no cost trial before purchase" Clicky here for their map Nigel |
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Smight at BBSC
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 8:00pm |
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Sorry this was written by me not alex. I was on his PC |
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Hector
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 5:17pm |
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Thanks Doug - again!
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 5:13pm |
Hi Hector,
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Hector
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 2:20pm |
You've obviously heard about the size of my as* post Christmas I've heard seperately that pulleys on the jib clew will help my small crew to cope - will these be legal for class racing? |
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Riki @ RS
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 11:24am |
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The recommended crew weight for the RS500 is 115-155kg You may have noticed that in front of the jib cleat there is an additional eye so that you can 2:1 the jib sheet. This increases friction but makes the sheet loads lower for dinkier crews in a breeze. I tend to switch back to 1:1 in lighter breeze as its easier to ease out. Theres a good combination of different sized sailors and helm:crew weight ratios at the moment, but we've seen a higher proportion of husband/wife, parent/teenager than we see in some other RS classes. The boat was designed with 'larger' helmsmen in mind, so the transom of the boat was given more buoyancy from earlier prototypes to assist with this. It'll still be worth having the weight on the wire of course, but it's at least 'sympathetic' to the needs of quite a few teams!
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Hector
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I've sailed an RS500 a couple of times and was very impressed. However my potential crew is barely 8st and as the jib is quite large it was a little bit of a struggle in the breezier stuff. Riki (or anyone) any ideas about the crew weight it was designed for / is needed? What sort of crews (teens / small adults / average adult / large adult) are the good ones sailing with at Draycote , Wilsonian etc?
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Pierre
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 10:16am |
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Judging by what I see on Sunday mornings, very even between good Furballs and good RS500's in a bit of breeze.
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Riki @ RS
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Posted: 20 Feb 07 at 10:12am |
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Thats right Adds, we've released just over 80 RS500s now, so that 580 sail number would have been brand new. Theres 50 more boats in the queue, and the racing schedule and training dates are all in place. We'll be supplying Sunsail and Mark Warner their RS500s through March and April.. worth booking a holiday for! The best bit is that nearly all of these first 80 boats are being raced in the UK. Next month the RS500 will be exbibited at boat shows in Spain, Holland, Sweden and the dinghy show, so we're sure to get some friendly sailors from abroad to race against pretty soon aswell. Anyone whose still sceptical should grab me at the Dinghy Show and I'll talk them through the boat on the stand. Alex or anybody who fancies a blast, pm or email me and I'll sort you a sail in a 500 at the test centre. |
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