The RS100 Owners Thread

Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by Old Timer That is about right ... must be the most over hyped new dinghy ever ... until the Aero ... You're forgetting the 5 tonner. But I don't know I'd really describe the Aero as hyped compared to the stuff coming from the Devoti fanboys.

Hi Jim,
I think you will hit nerves if people feel that they are being misrepresented.
I don't think I have originated any hype - the zero is about fourteen feet of boat, it will not, to paraphrase Boris Johnson, make your wife have bigger breasts and increase your chances of driving a BMW M3 (more is the pity). It's not a bethwaite/Farr/Morrison/bieker/Richards, and I haven't designed or built a cherub (yet), but the boat reflects a large body of effort, intellectual and otherwise, and leverages a lot of experience from the coal face of a decade of una rig hiking boat sailing.
I haven't seen anything come from Rodney or Devoti themselves that I am uncomfortable with, and I get uneasy at the merest whiff of bullsh*t around anything with which I am associated.
All I have seen regarding the zero is enthusiastic owners discussing their experiences, which is personally satisfying and validates those efforts.
Dan

Originally posted by Blue One   Jeffers apart, most of the d- 0 fan boys are a little sensitive to any criticism and if poked, attack the poker or another class/manufacturer. But then again given their track record on the forum it's not a surprise. :)

Edited by kneewrecker - 22 Oct 14 at 1:04pm

not really

There is certainly a difference between being a customer and a fan boy (if we are using that expression to mean someone who defends a product, sometimes at the expense of another brand in the same market place).

As an owner of neither, and a fan of both (yes, that is possible, they both look like good boats, and I haven't had a problem with the marketing of either) I have found that many of the comments on here, while stating neutrality, have been upping one boat and dissing everything that surrounds the other.

Its a forum, so fair enough, but also expect to be called on it.

And I quite agree that designer, builder and seller have all been the height of integrity when it comes to marketing.

Originally posted by Rupert There is certainly a difference between being a customer and a fan boy (if we are using that expression to mean someone who defends a product, sometimes at the expense of another brand in the same market place). As an owner of neither, and a fan of both (yes, that is possible, they both look like good boats, and I haven't had a problem with the marketing of either) I have found that many of the comments on here, while stating neutrality, have been upping one boat and dissing everything that surrounds the other. Its a forum, so fair enough, but also expect to be called on it. And I quite agree that designer, builder and seller have all been the height of integrity when it comes to marketing.