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Topic: Devotti Single Hander Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 9:26am |
£10k for a singlehander is a lot of money - for that I would want top quality international competion, not just UK based. And it seems that such a high quality boat would be competing against the established trapeze singlehanders 700/MPS/F16/A Class/Canoe (honorary trapeze boat!) etc. So I would rather see something a bit more moderate and cheaper - the Vareo appears a good concept but doesn't seem to have quite hit the nail on the head - perhaps a little too dumbed down? I think I would be looking for such a boat to perform similarly to a RS400 upwind and down, so a PY of around 950. Any slower and the performance advantage over the Phantom, Laser, 300, Blaze etc would be too small to warrant the extra expense and hassle of the kite. And at 950ish, you can race the 400's, Fireballs, 500's, 29ers etc more closely over the water. Any faster and you risk raising the required skill/dedication level above the mainstream. Personally I believe that if the hull is long enough and the rig adjustable enough, performance equalisation is not necessary, but it probably doesn't do any harm to design in such a system. Again, my personal preference would be for short (approx 40-50cm) trampoline wings - a sort of dumbed sown Moth look. Daggerboards v centreboard - I prefer a dagger myself (if only because it means no annual change of the slot gaskets!), but understand that they aren't ideal in some locations. Shroud v free standing. The 300 rig is aesthetically beautiful, but I can't imagine something similar with a kite. So I would go for shrouds and forestay with the forestay on a short base a la 700. Finally, I have a pet hate of metal on boats. I would want as little metal on the boat as possible (carbon spars, rope attachements etc). Of course, rather than a kite you could always go with a swing rigged jib... Oh, and I reserve the right to change my mind on these answers on a whim. Toby (formerly Chew my RS, but lost my log in!) Edited by Peaky |
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sargesail
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 10:03am |
Nick, I wouldn't pay 10K - I wouldn't pay 2K! My 300 is the perfect hiking singlehander! Matt |
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timeintheboat
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 4:39pm |
Something like a centre sheeted N12 with self tacking jib and asym.
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Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else
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G.R.F.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 5:26pm |
Well what a co-incidence this is, another missed day today crewless and
I'm now looking for a single hander, lots of what's been written above would suit me. Cross between an MPS, & Contender. I like the idea of a self tacking jib, so a solution to Irons those two craft always seem to find themselves in. Definitely a retracting centreboard, PY around 950 not worried about equalisation but would want it to be useable in 25 knots on the sea. Would want to learn to trapeze and it to have a spinnaker so I wont get bored offwind. Perfect boat for me would be a scaled down Alto with all the same gizmos Oh and find a way to give the rig a sliding track, so it would cook a bit offwind and keep the nose up in a following sea, not much to ask. |
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blaze720
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 5:43pm |
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alstorer
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 6:07pm |
Would you really want a swinging pole on a singlehander? Especially a trapeze opne (and this thread was as a starter about hiking ones)? I reckon anything you'd gain on angles you'd lose on swimming after gybes due to increased complication. I may be wrong, but then I'm a fan of simple things. Which may say a lot. |
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Paul B
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 6:15pm |
My experience is that it does work... up to a point. You're never going to be able to equalise perfectly, so maybe "Performance Tinkering" would be a better phrase... In the 700, we've seen the Performance Tinkering work really quite well. I remember a very light wind day at the Nationals some time ago, with a furious 65kg Jason Belben getting rolled down the last run by a less-than-svelte 90+kg Andy White. Similarly in a fresh-to-frightening nationals a few years later, I remember Jason winning the windiest race by sailing really well and going really fast. I somehow doubt that those results would have occurred without the Tinkering system. |
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G.R.F.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 7:54pm |
Has the blaze always had a spinnaker?
And what's it like as an off the beach boat? Strikes me it might be worth considering, I shall go and check its PY. I'm wondering also, is it the boat the French had built with a centreboard or was that something else? The swinging pole thing works only when it's light weather, and it's then one is at one's most bored and/or looking for tactical advantage. Edit: Clearly not, at least it's not on the blaze site, and I've given up trying to join the blaze yahoo group, how stupidly complicated that is. So wht's going on? Another experimental development boat? Sign me up Edited by G.R.F. |
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hollandsd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 10:14pm |
Graham, no the blaze doesent have one normally, there has been one retrofitted as seen earlier its a v3000 kite.
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G.R.F.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 08 at 10:52pm |
Strikes me that could eventually be a 'sensible' Musto.
Especially if a wire 'option' were added. Only downside, having searched and read all the Blaze X, and Vareo Development threads, neither is likely to happen and with Rondar in the mix, even if they wanted to it would be years before anything happened. Honestly it's like wading through treacle waiting for anything 'exciting' to happen in this dinghy lark and when it does, it takes forever to put it right. Edited by G.R.F. |
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