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Originally posted by NickA No kite and no trapeze wire, that's what!

Not if i get my way

Kites and trapezes are features, not benefits.

Somebody said that enjoyable boats are not always fast boats....didn't they?

I hate this constant no fleets no resale market attitude (not just aimed at you RS400)  the fleets will develop with the right strategy.  But it needs people to be early adopters and be brave enough to make it happen.  It also needs a class association to work closely with the dealer.  The amount I know about the whole Icon picture can be written on the back of a fag packet.  I don’t even know where they are with regards to class association setup.  I would think Blaze720 is the best person to comment about the strategy and class.  I would have no problems buying into a class if I understood the road map ahead.  It’s something we struggled with early on with the D1, but actually now we have a clear direction, which is something we can sell to people.  more importantly we now have a small but critical mass which gives us foundations to build on.  It’s starting to work well for us, we have found our market, we know where we are going, we know what we want to achieve and there are long term plans and strategies to help this.  I am sure this would work for the Icon, but it does need the early adopters and the drive for it to succeed for it to...err succeed

The reason why dinghies are probably the most stilted backward market there is in luxury consumer goods is the value that people place on having a similar boat to the next guy. With the massive reductions in fleet sizes at opens and nationals this is particularly pertinent, seeing as achieving critical mass for a new class at club level is pretty much impossible without some massive investment or predetermined requirement and buyin from syndicates.