What would be the perfect club owned racing boat?

   We have three Vagos as club boats aimed exactly at this demographic and they work very well.  Roto moulded yes, but this makes the hulls much easier to look after.  They have two sets if mainsail - reef able Dacron for training, bigger Mylar for racing, plus two sizes of spinnaker.  The trapeze is optional; you can easily manage without if you go for the Dacron option.
We have recently acquired a very decent 2000 which has had loads of use since its arrival back in spring, mostly as a training boat and family cruiser.  We also have an RS Vision which is just not popular at all.

We recently took the decision to ditch the 3 lasers we had.  This has significantly lessened the time and money spent on maintenance.  They should hopefully be replaced by some Hartley 12.2s.  Not glamourous or racey, but robust and very well put together.

We continue to have healthy membership levels with a booming youth scene.  Club boats make a massive contribution towards this.

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winging it Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Mar 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3958	Post Options Post Reply Quote winging it Report Post Quote Reply Topic: What would be the perfect club owned racing boat? Posted: 03 Sep 14 at 8:24pm
	We have three Vagos as club boats aimed exactly at this demographic and they work very well. Roto moulded yes, but this makes the hulls much easier to look after. They have two sets if mainsail - reef able Dacron for training, bigger Mylar for racing, plus two sizes of spinnaker. The trapeze is optional; you can easily manage without if you go for the Dacron option. We have recently acquired a very decent 2000 which has had loads of use since its arrival back in spring, mostly as a training boat and family cruiser. We also have an RS Vision which is just not popular at all. We recently took the decision to ditch the 3 lasers we had. This has significantly lessened the time and money spent on maintenance. They should hopefully be replaced by some Hartley 12.2s. Not glamourous or racey, but robust and very well put together. We continue to have healthy membership levels with a booming youth scene. Club boats make a massive contribution towards this.
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Bootscooter Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 15 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1094	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bootscooter Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 14 at 9:03pm
	As someone who has run/managed/maintained a fleet of boats for an RAF sailing centre I have to say that I love the L2K (RS) in the roles we use it for; Level 2, intro to racing, team racing and gen sailing/racing. As said, it's pretty robust, forgiving for beginners, responsive enough for T/R and an absolute hoot in a (big) blow. It's also great for family sailing with young family members. The other boat we had that took virtually zero maint in 4+ years of ownership was the Dart 16. I had absolutely no repairs to do on this other than replace a small number of rear beam/tramp eyelets and a small tear on the tramp. Great boat. All our 2Ks and the Dart had reefing gear on the main which made them accessible to virtually all. Single handed fleet is purely lasers, with a choice of full and radial rigs. I did have a good look at the RS Quba and thought it was pretty good with the standard (smaller) rig, but hated it with the larger sport sail, which seemed to really upset the balance and feel of the boat.