The weight of things to come...

How long I've been cracking on about the stupid weight of things and the propensity of all concerned to keep things 'heavy' allegedly for the benefit of all those previous owners that of course still support the given class in droves - Not.

Will, following the brave move from RS with their innovative Aero, we finally see a trend to get to grips with the hernia inducing nature of this stupid pursuit?

Will we maybe see a composite Farr 3.7 at 35kgs, what about the Heavyweight 'Contender'?

I had a vigorous discussion with the chaps who were chucking away a fine opportunity with the Buzz relaunch as they were clinging to the same ole same ole keep the none existent class members with their 90 kilo old tubs happy.

I bet everyone who picked up the Aero couldn't believe anything could be so light, but every other boat other than the D Zero which wasn't quite as light, but is probably proportionately weightier given there's more of it.

It was the one thing that made me initially happy about the EPS when I first lifted it onto the trailer single handed which was a first for me. Even the RS100 needed someone else to help a lot of time especially to position it for a bit of beach dragging..

The Vortex has shed 18 kgs I hear, I couldn't get to lift that, but any weight saving has to be good.

So how's your class doing regarding weight loss, is there anyone else on a diet?

Edited by iGRF - 03 Mar 14 at 11:01am

Originally posted by yellowwelly .... even with a bare mast up you need to be careful with leaving something like a 600 or MPS head-to-wind without tying it down and they are substantially heavier than either the D-Zero or Aero which inspires this thread.

Originally posted by 2547  Not really - I believe the D-0 and Musto Skiff have identical hull weights ... of course the D-0 will have a lighter rig, no wings and so will be lighter all up.

Well from my world, we inevitably went too far, and light boards inevitably didn't last, but, dingoes are a world away from where we are, in our world 3metre 90 long boards are 'heavy' if they exceed 16 kilos, even back in the day 18 kgs was the norm and the Olympic OD 375 board was 14.5 and some of them are still kicking around many years later.

OK, Dinghies (no pun intended here) are bigger and more voluminous so one would expect them to be heavier, but it is 2014 and there are some very heavy old tubs still about that need a serious diet. Purely on health and safety grounds alone I believe the limit for a single person lift has reduced from 32kgs down to 25 kgs.

Sounds like a good idea.... I know I have been dissuaded from weighing new boats before collecting them in the past.  It wasn't necessary for my Solo- it had been independently weighed as part of the measurement process.