Aero 9

Back in the day of 9 or 10 popular national coverage classes and Nationals of 100+, the best sailors won races, and the rest of us didn't.

Whilst I can see the advantage of having a myriad of classes and the option of being able to blame your position on incorrect boat purchase choice ( and the dreaded PY commitee), I own up to wishing the " old fashioned" option was still available.

Although I suppose by sailing a wooden Osprey and Solo- the choice is still there.

Edited by ian.r.mcdonald - 01 Oct 20 at 1:30pm

Originally posted by Sam.Spoons Rocker and wetted area, it's a relatively low rocker hull with a fair bit of width at the back to get it planing nice and early. To be fast in the light stuff a hull needs rocker to keep the ends out of the water and no huge flat planing area at the back, i.e. traditional boats like the Solo and Enterprise. Being narrow at the waterline is another big factor (which is why the 300 is so quick in light airs) but that comes with a stability penalty so is nearly always a compromise (Moths excepted...).

Originally posted by H2 iGRF - why not turn up for a demo day on the H2......nah, do what Mike says and buy an Aero!

I would, the very moment there's one close enough not to get a nosebleed from travelling.. I've been wanting a go since I first set eyes on the lighter version of the Hadron, in fact it's the perfect boat for my chum who's getting a tad fed up with kneeling in his Phantom.

Probably that Fat headed rag is a bit much for my sylphlike figure, but I'd be interested to find out why it doesn't go in light weather, to my mind it should fly.

Originally posted by Cirrus GRF .... so why on earth did you buy a second Blaze if you already have 'better' more suited boats to enjoy ?  ... er ... that is ones more suited to your particular requirements.

A moment of madness and my (for use on the sea) boat being laid up for repair, it was also not particularly useful in sub trapezing conditions and I frequently break it. The Solution I use on the lake, winter and midweek wednesday afternoon club in the summer. So the Blaze was to be a fill in for sub 15 knots on the sea, then Covid hit and it's been used only a few times, this year has been a wipeout really.

So I'm actually thinking of a mass sell of all of them and trying one last time to either build myself or mayben get someone to build something that might suit me. I have had thoughts of finding where the V3000 moulds are and trying to persuade someone to build me one of those with a retracting centreboard, deck re inforced for a more forward mast postion and try that for single handed trapeze use.

Originally posted by Cirrus obviously still struggling with your boat on the water.

Er not so much as first time round, but I am strugglling to get it to and from the water and it is so ponderous once on the water when you come from sailing say the Solution or the Farr which are the other boats I'm currently using and it could be so much nicer a boat if it didn't struggle to perform in marginal planing.