The RS100 Owners Thread

I've been campaigning the 100 at 78kg this year. I use the 8.4 on the circuit and my results have been as competitive as I would expect them to be. Do I find the boat unacceptably hard work upwind. Nope. It's no harder work than the laser, a 200, lark or any other sitting out boat. But, as Nick says, it is the most comfortable by a country mile.

At the club, Frensham, i use a 10.2, even if its stupid windy. We sail around the cans, all sorts of odd angles and I am competitive against the Phantoms, where upwind they do have a slight edge but downwind, I wave them goodbye.  Single sail reaches used to a struggle. Then I engaged brain, sat on the transom and pulled the plate 3/4 up and it's not an issue any more. I'd say I am now at least as competitive in it as I would be in my Laser or 200

So is the boat badly configured or designed? Is it fundamentally flawed cos it cannot be sailed upwind sensibly? B*ll*cks it is. Is it flipping good fun to sail, RTC and at events? Damn right. Has it rewarded perseverance and practice. Yup, but no surprise there, that's exactly how it should be.

Oh, and there remains a fantastic, friendly spirit in the class.

Finally, I think the highest sail number at Datchet was 488. Approx 100 boats a year does not sound too bad to me.

And as for James's stirring about sharing a start across 8.4s and 10.2s, we shared a course with 200s 400s, 500s and 800s. As it was, the OOD did a great job turning the races around. Give it a rest.

As to 7.4s, unless you are under 11 stone, just hang in there with the 8.4 and pull the strings on harder.