Astom Skiff

Neptune i can assure you i have not looked through your previous posts. I do however remember your negativity to Broxborne as a location for the FOM something about it not suiting the Musto.... you feel the need to keep posting in order to gain some kind of one up man ship. I have only proved you wrong over some fairly snipey comments about the D1 and other hiking single handers. I have much more important things to do then argue with someone who has little knowledge on the subject and is hell bent on starting an argument. The facts are the facts and if you want to ignore them then fine. I will enjoy the D1 as will many of the other sailors firmly understanding that we are not the fastest boat on the water (not sure we ever claimed to be) I will also enjoy sailing it at the FOM safe in the knowledge that I wont win, but I will be having fun sailing a boat I love and that i didn't need to sl*g a whole growing discipline (hiking kite s/h) getting there.

Ps. The fleets have grown very quickly check out the size of global 100 and D1 fleets vs. The same size musto fleets for the same period when they started I.e. 3 years of musto vs 3 years of 100 and d1!!

Pps love to stay and read you next post (you obviously need to hae the last word to try and make up for someyhin) but I got to try and complete the 10th uk d1 sale this year

Edited by Ruscoe - 16 Apr 13 at 6:02pm

Originally posted by pondmonkey Originally posted by Neptune some people like performance James, not everyone is ready for their smoking jacket  sometimes you just have to accept that fashion varies place to place... no point turning up all West London BoHo around our way, there's no one to play with and the rest of the local puddles are too small for such a vibrant coat like yours...

I'm beyond worrying about you jimbo, your father and I really need to talk with you seriously..

Originally posted by Neptune some people like performance James, not everyone is ready for their smoking jacket

of course we could just take the view that if speed and ultimate performance is what we're after, then why hasn't no one mentioned the Int Moth?  It's by far and away much quicker than any asymmetric singlehanded- with or without trapezes and planks; it's also pretty efficient without a wallowing great rig and you can pack it up in a box and go on holiday with it.

I drive a diesel people carrier, and even in 2nd gear it is faster than a Musto Skiff, so really, that makes all dinghies slow - the point is the enjoyment, the racing, the fun. People get that in different ways from different things - for some dangling from a wire does it, for others sitting out. Each to their own. It makes more sense to compare boats which have the same parameters than to start throwing irrlevant insults around about how crap all boats without a wire are.