D-Zero

Originally posted by yellowwelly

I remember back in the day just getting your name in Y&Y was big deal,everyone read Y&Y back to front... look at the boats for sale that you'll buy when you're big and grown up first, then read Clubs and Classes to see if you could spot someone's name you recognised- especially the older kids who'd moved on to other classes.  Just seeing your own name, maybe once a season, was enough to justify an annual subscription higher up your Christmas list than LA Gear trainers.
Now we get to photobomb Y&Y and RYA videos on a routine basis.... life has changed immeasurably with technology and engineering.  Maybe not always for the better.  

Fortunately boats like this one and the Aero will be reassuringly familiar to those who grew up without all that overly-technical and technique dependent bullsh*t that's made aspirational dinghy racing a little too elite in recent decades.  I was chatting to someone the other day about sailing the Aero, I could tell he was being totally sincere when he said it just felt like 'dinghy sailing' should feel.  I'm looking forward to sailing both of these... as Dan says in his interview, the timing couldn't be better to rediscover some mojo for this sport.

Edited by yellowwelly - 07 Mar 14 at 4:01pm