RS aero

Keep an eye on the reborn Rondar 'Icon' - different name and a kite, its going to be interesting. Maybe Mike will give us a little update on a new thread.

Point Break quote time.

Unsurprising. I would have expected the Laser to be a better beginners boat and the Aero to appeal more to a committed sailor.

Originally posted by JimC Unsurprising. I would have expected the Laser to be a better beginners boat and the Aero to appeal more to a committed sailor.

Surprises me a bit tbh. You should be able to be better in every way to the beginner or expert alike in one of these new boats. Stability should be tuned to some extent to provide similar twitchiness/challenge, but with the extra response and lack of inertia that you get with weight reduction and stiffness increases. I.e the experience should provide comfort (of the psychological, as well as ergonomic type) to the beginner sailor. Not to mention rudders, rigs etc that work. I heard that some  bloke said that getting back into the laser after a *ero was like getting onto an ironing board laden with bricks. I liken stepping back into the laser to sailing through treacle whilst on ether, sheathed in a whole body extra safe rough rider prophylactic. None of which are great analogies for beginner or expert alike.

I can appreciate that if you drive a caterham, say, your senses can be a bit assaulted by feedback from stuff which would be off putting to less confident sailors, but that is a very crude vehicle, and there are other analogies that can be made where modest performance improvements are made along with handling etc which is accessible and inspiring to beginner and pro alike.

None for me - heard rumours that the punters and instructors liked both boats, as you might hope. There is a youtube vid of the two reaching about somewhere.