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    Posted: 14 Aug 23 at 10:47am
In general agree with your thoughts but would say the Feva is a modern 2 hander that should work in a similar way.
I like your idea of the £500 challenge sounds fun for parents and grandparents

No i dont work or currently sail an RS boat.
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Fettling old Mirrors is all very well for those affluent enough to own a garage. Cheap ones are high maintenance, so it's not a great route to including youngsters who cannot afford their own boat or are not yet totally committed. I also bet there's 10,000 kids out there who never went sailing because Dad never finished mending the Mirror. The two person boat is a good thing, but some kids have as much problem finding crew as adults do.
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For good or for bad the world of sailing is heading to single handers.  I'm no fan of the RYA but I don't think its their fault; and remember they do also support the 420, the 29er and the Feva.

Lots of us oldies are mostly single handing despite starting out as crews then becoming helms of double handers.  Other than the Nationals and Euros, my Javelin has been parked up while I sail a contender. The owner of the 5o5 I sometimes sail just acquired an RS600.  Our 5o5 fleet of old are all sailing K1s and Solos. One of our Tempest sailors just got a Phantom.

Pretty much everyone I know that owns a double hander has a single hander too.  It gets you out sailing without having to rely on two people not being too busy to sail, when everyone has so many interests and commitments.
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I'm not sure 2-handers are always a 'good thing' anyway. It tends to label a younger sibling as 'crew' and block their access to helming, while perpetuating the 'crew is less skilled than the helm' model. I think it may be better for most people to start racing by learning to helm a singlehander (after maybe 'pull the jib in until it stops flapping' day one ? ), then learn crewing with spinnakers. Mirrors are good for an adult crew teaching a child helm though.
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