Blaze or Phantom?

Well I'll say this, my mate in his Phantom, never once beat me when I raced the Blaze, wish I could say the same since I've been in the RS.

I can't say I found it particularly difficult to tack, I did have that off boom sheeting but what difference does that make? And now that big bloke who bought it off me, who is a proper sailor, ex SI and all, he hasn't looked back and I doubt he and the Phantom are even on the same part of the course once a few minutes after the start gun have passed.

I mean it's all very well lauding the boat, but frankly everything the Phantom had, which was pretty much it's favorable PY, has now passed to the Blaze, which at 1046 in Epoxy is looking very appealing compared to 1030, if handicaps are part of the reason one buys a Phantom and weight carrying? The Blaze is still equal to that task.



Edited by iGRF - 08 Mar 11 at 8:09pm

Hi Simon

We are going way off the thread now !!  .... If you refer to Icon then I/we are planning a number of runs at various locations now and that may well include the Beastie ... if the club will have us etc and provided a suitable crew is available.   In fact is there a local scratch crew available perhaps ?  Tasar experienced crew or similar is fine - the only unusual thing might be the 'dangle' jib pole - but thats just easy ...

I've raced with just 130kg in the boat and done it with at least 185kg ....  but quite happy with a combination somewhere in the middle - 2 x 'traditional' Phantom (or now Halo) sailers might struggle a bit though !    Names etc to ....      

Mike L

PS - And if 'dogs on chains' should start to look worried .... well the Blaze might just end up on the combi instead !

Maxi

Well we share sailing ... in our respective pasts,  300's. Lasers, Mirrors and even Marauder although they were M14's when my father built one before Noah took up sailing.  Might get down to Beastie country on the Saturday anyway to set up .... where do you lot go for beer & curry down there then ?

Mike L.

I guess it depends how big your river is, everyone seems to be assuming it is a small river a bit like the ones at the top of the Norfolk Broads but it could be a wider one like the Medway at Wilsonian, these 2 different venues would mean a different boat, so how big is your river?

I assume you are only looking for a single-hander but how do you think the X1 would fare on your waters?