D-Zero

Originally posted by rich96 Don't buy something that probably is too big and powerful for you in the first place simply because you thought it might have a good handicap and be able to beat some Solos and Streakers on a local lake.

It's not up to you to tell me what to buy. As it happened I bought this EPS on somebody's recommendation and I don't regret it, on the sea it can be sailed to its handicap and I've done so.

This D Zero is a lake boat, it is hopeless on the sea and I wouldn't give it a second look as such, so now, with a handicap I wouldn't have a cats chance in hell of achieving on a lake and certainly no chance on the sea, I've changed my mind. Had it remained as the designer suggested, amply demonstrated to me, and I've demo'd myself as being on or around 1045-50 I'd have done so. Clearly there are forces in place that will degrade that handicap, wether protectionist outfits like Great Lakes that are probably in thrall to the commercial builders of those classes they protect, or somebody in the pocket of RS or Cirrus or whoever, I don't care, my money is going elsewhere, probably on white goods now we're moving and I'll bumble about doing something else, I'm getting really bored with it all now anyway, dinghy sailors always were sheep letting themselves get herded about and being regularly shorn, well not me, sorry, I aint playing.

Edited by iGRF - 19 Sep 14 at 9:49am

Graeme- I'd spend the 5 grand on pimping the living f*ck out of that EPS.  

OK my last post on the subject:

Originally posted by kneewrecker If RS has any influence over the Aero retaining the 1040 whilst the D-Zero gets a cobbling down the ranks, then I think that reflects incredibly badly on them.

They (RS) almost certainly have had no hand in that, I'd been chatting to Martin that very morning and they were concerned more at the drubbing they'd had at all you Zero fanbois and feeling upset by it all given they've not exactly pointed out all the faults of the Zero in the way the reverse has been the case.

Both these products deserve to succeed, would have succeeded if left to market forces, without organisational shenanigans in the name of the RYA. I am going to see if I can get at the very least a lawyers letter winged over to them, see if that makes them sit up and spot they're f**king up something they should be running more pro-actively.

It is wrong. Just as it is wrong for whoever gave the 'Fire' 1075 when all it is, is a Blaze racked right out, built down to weight, with a smaller sail ideal for the conditions, the Icon reduced from 1020 to 969 arbitrarily due also to someone sailing one on one lake that just by chance comes at a time contractural rights are being argued over and one company wants the other to appear to be failing.

Really we don't want to know about all this, we need a strong Governing body that cannot be manipulated by Event organisers wanting a monopoly or a software company wanting to profit, a manufacturer wanting temporary commercial advantage.

Meanwhile we the punters suffer.

Edited by iGRF - 19 Sep 14 at 10:04am

Originally posted by Null Frankly its not on.  i would of hoped the RYA would of taken someone using their logo a little more seriously......