Meanwhile back in sleepy hollow..

GRF - U will just have to wait !!!  and we might still bin it if it does not hit the mark 100% - no compromises.  The best things in life are never free, or cheap  .... or exactly when you 'demand' them.  Patience !  We told you the order - nothing has changed.

Mike L.

PS - And no Cirrus boat will ever have that god awful gun turret thingme you were hyped up about last time we spoke .... 

 

GRF

I don't think any of us need a messiah just yet.  Good luck to your endevours but there is only one thing worse than getting the boat out 'late' - it is getting it out before it really is the 'finished' item, or is just a concept demonstrator.  There are plenty of people looking at the market niches that might remain .. and who are suitably cautious.  These are difficult times or is your own market bucking the trend ?

'Market lead' ... if we had followed your line of thinking we have been fooling around with swivelling whatsits ... totally unneeded btw.  Now we need larger centreboards apparently  ... how do you work that one ?  we think not on that as  it happens as well.   

Just because something is possible or do-able does not make it sensible, desirable or a serious business proposition.   Just get out there and sail a few boats first.  Everyone loves enthusiasm and you obviously are a fanatic but get a bit of a grip and go sailing in as many types as you can first  - then give the forums a good prod.

Markets work .... if there were 100,000+ of you the market really would respond quickly, even the marine market.  But just consider it might be you and .. just a few others on the forum. 

Blaze720

.. or this could be just a wind-up to see what happens !

 

 

 

Oh come now, LDC are well into the marketing of the RS100- and playing a damn clever game of it as well.

Quite true at our club only two of us are aware of the RS 100, or the Y&Y forum or even RS!  Some people are interested in boats, some in sailing and a few in both.

Originally posted by G.R.F. They still haven't spotted what the world wants.. Paul Young Test sail halo/blaze Let's all say it together now.. Where's the spinnaker?

Sorry matey but i just don't get it, the whole world is not going to want to go down the single hander spinny route, there will still be people out there, ok maybe slightly older people, that will want just the mainsail only option.

As for the halo, or should that be 'New Blaze', why would you want to get that, esp at £7.5k, when for the same money, or less, you could get a top spec Phantom and big fleet racing.

Well it has width, practically 9ft of width, so it has immense power with those wings. But as it is practically a Howlett 14 why not do away with the wings altogether and drop trap wires and create a manageable trapezable singlehander.

Since the venearble Contender came to market 40 years ago the only alternative options have been extreme(ish) and challenging to sail viz RS600 / 700, Musto.

I would see a place in the market for a relatively high performance non kite trapeze singlehander that was easy to sail.

Losing the racks would save cost and substantial weight too.

Now that would be an exciting class development.


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