RS Feva Worlds.

Originally posted by yellowwelly I secretly can't wait for the time comes to buy a Feva for my girls.... chuck it on the back of the car for family holidays and it'll make a fun beach toy for me on my own for an hour or two.

But they have an asy and race a windward leeward course! Surely after your comments about the 90's yesterday you would not expose them to such torture!?? ;) personally I'm a big fan of assy w/l racing but I also recognise that it is not for every stretch of water and in my opinion it is actually more tactical, with better boat on boat racing in a slightly slower asy that sails a hotter angle than a flat out 49'er or similar.

I think the feva turnout is excellent! It looks great fun and far more cool and colourful than a mirror worlds. In my opinion it is one of RS's greatest success stories. I wonder if this is what they are trying to replicate with the cat, a cheap squad boat that becomes an RYA pathway class.

My only concern is that once these kids have raced all over the world, when they come to select an adult class and they go non Olympic because they are not the next 'Ben', will they have been there, done that, now bored? All my youth squad friends quit sailing, bored with the unstructured approach that normal adult sailing is. After aiming for the youth worlds, topper squad selection, etc, Abersoch Dighy Week just does not excite them!

I must confess that having the disposable income to do one international event in Europe a year in the boat I sail now really does excite me, far far more than club sailing ever could. I've tried the solo and while the big fleets were great it just was not my cup of tea - and in a fleet that big it quickly turns into bumper cars with little respect for the rules by some. now that I have been re-excited about international competitions it makes me wonder why the OK has never been more popular?

And I thought it was about getting in a boat and going as fast as you can. You can't get drunk or stoned either, and bullying is out. May as well just go to Clacton and where what you want.

Jimbo I think the key point is that it is excellent that the feva is exiting so many kids and can be sailed on most sizes of water. I just hope that these kids stick around in the long run and don't get bored of sailing as it will be excellent for sailing on the whole!

Originally posted by robin34024 <span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">''My only concern is that once these kids have raced all over the world, when they come to select an adult class and they go non Olympic because they are not the next 'Ben', will they have been there, done that, now bored? All my youth squad friends quit sailing, bored with the unstructured approach that normal adult sailing is. After aiming for the youth worlds, topper squad selection, etc, Abersoch Dighy Week just does not excite them!''</span> <span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"></span> <span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"></span> Having just moved from a topper, I must say i'm worried about that too: i moved to a streaker because it's a really nice boat, not quick, just nice, there are a few at my club and they have a pretty good open circuit. Most of my friends have moved into 29ers: but not all of them are going to go into the natural progression of a 49er. what are the people who don't follow up the 29er with the 49er going to do? I couldn't imagine campaigning a topper for 3 years, then a 29er for another 2 all around England and Europe,  then just going back to my home club and sailing something slower/less competitive. I fear that many juniors will, once they go to uni, just stop sailing.

And that is exactly what happened to my friends.

Well done to the guys from L&L, top effort!!

Originally posted by robin34024 '.,...what are the people who don't follow up the 29er with the 49er going to do?