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49erGBR735HSC
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Topic: Topper Sport 14 - any good? Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 9:59pm |
Have to agree, the wayfarer would fit the bill if you are looking for a nice cruising boat and can be suprisingly fun with the kite up. Given the choice of using a boat for instructing, I'd always choose the Wayfarer over the newer boats bar the Laser 2000 but the 2000 is a more raceir boat and not particularly ideal for being primarily used as a cruising boat.
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Philsy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 06 at 10:13am |
I'm not so sure. I grew up with a Wayfarer and, granted, it was a great boat.
However, things must surely move on. I've sailed more modern boats such as the Laser 2000 and RS Vision and was impressed at how much more user friendly and, well, better they were. You wouldn't choose to drive a 40 year old car regularly, would you? Also, the Wayfarer is bigger and heavier than I'd want. |
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HannahJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 06 at 7:17pm |
29er!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe not... crikey.
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MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin"
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
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49erGBR735HSC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 06 at 8:21pm |
The 2000 is a much more tippier boat, we've advanced complete beginners from sailing wayfarers to 2000s and quite a few of them have had swimming lessons when such a problem would not have occured if they were still sailing wayfarers. The general impresion we gained from most of our adult pupils at a comercial establshment was that the wayfarer was a good grounding for cruising and racing and the 2000 was the next step up. When teaching basic skills and seamanship skills we'd choose to use the Wayfarer, we generally tended to use the 2000 for more advanced and racing courses. Most of the adults we taught in the 2000s loved it but some prefered the wayfarer because it was less of a racing boat. The Wayfarer is a brilliant boat and can have a racing pedigree about it if you choose to go that direction but I'd say just now is still the ideal family boat.
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Philsy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 06 at 8:53pm |
Interesting feedback - thanks. What about the RS Vision? How would you rate that? |
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49erGBR735HSC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Mar 06 at 9:05pm |
Not sailed the Vision but it had teething problems, reckon it will be a boat pretty much like the Topper Xenon, still pretty racey.
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Philsy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 7:51am |
Thanks, any idea what the teething problems are?
I looked at the Xenon and it looks fun, but too racey for my requirements. Phil |
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jpbuzz591
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 8:24am |
i've sailed the vision, and its quite well sorted. Easy to reef, just zip the main up, carrys weight quite well and not too bad for a plastic boat
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49erGBR735HSC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 5:50pm |
I can't remember exactly what the problems were but know it had something to do with the front end of the boat and possibly the mast step. RS should have addressed them though.
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maswep
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Apr 06 at 10:39pm |
The 14 is a great value boat at the moment caoable of family sailing as well as going for a blast. Granted I would have bought the Vision if funds allowed but as RS have sown up the second hand market by buying back the boats I think the 14 is the best value in its class. |
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