The RS100 Owners Thread

James
Plenty of similarity with the 300 rig, but don't be surprised when one slips
by upwind and higher - much less wetted area. 300 pN 1000, so 5 points
quicker and no kite for downwind, go figure.... should be a fair bit quicker
upwind.

Originally posted by turnturtle Thanks for the replies gents, here's another shot of me going upwind in underpowered conditions. Again favouring not to max out the cunningham. I also noticed that I wasn't cranking the mainsheet tension on hard either, there must be a good six-eight inches more sheet available. The reason for this was because I've always assumed that I should sail it freer, but when the wind dropped right off I got a very rude awakening when I lost my 'on the water' lead to a 300 that simply slipped by to windward 5-10 degrees higher; gracefully executed too, I was jealous.... But I guess with the strop on the back being offset, this could go block to block at the back (laser style) and would probably improve the leech telltale flow and I could have pinched up a bit... so much to learn with a new boat, but that's half the fun of it!

Lucky you I say....flat calm it was at QMSC I went home to earn brownie points.

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Originally posted by turnturtle Thanks for the replies gents, here's another shot of me going upwind in underpowered conditions. Again favouring not to max out the cunningham. I also noticed that I wasn't cranking the mainsheet tension on hard either, there must be a good six-eight inches more sheet available. 22_130302_DSC01896.jpg">

Hmm I must admit if it were me in those conditions I'd be block to block..

But then what do I know and up until now had no-one to compare with,
but rumour has it we'll have three 100's in our club this season so I'll
have the benefit of class racing albeit on a limited scale, but at least it'll
be interesting to try out things against some equal opposition.

That is if I don't pass out from leg strangulation by my new hikers..

Thanks for the heads up ref the Class Assoc web page - we'll chase that up.

Also referring back a few pages - the sponsorship announcement we made at the Dinghy Show was indeed that Dakine will be the title sponsors for the 2010 UK Nationals - this should be reported in the press soon - they were all at the Show.

Great to have Dakine on board - for those new to Dakine, they make top luggage and accessories for water and winter sports. They're very well known in windsurfing, snow boarding etc - and by the end of the year they will be in sailing as well! The sponsorship input is actually provided by Surf Sales, the UK Dakine distributor - owned by a well known Y&Y Forum member...

Dates for the UK Nationals are confirmed as 4 / 5 September at Parkstone, Poole.

Originally posted by turnturtle Thanks GybeFunny- I'll do that next weekend! edit: just looked at a photo from the other week, same 'gap'... I'll try and see where the head sits after the main is pulled up fully:

Whats the halyard made of? There was a spate of 400 and 200 masts with what were referred to by many as 'elastic halyards', this was a year ago so I guess you will have a dyneema halyard but its worth checking.