The RS100 Owners Thread

Hi James,

Great update - thanks.

Bummer that you got one of the early boats with a soft-sail rig - new
ones coming with solid wing rig and 1000msq genniker (soo.... 2009 soft
sails and spinakers !).

Hope there is absolutely no wind for the next month & half - so you don't
get too much early practice !!

Role on end March !! Cant wait now.

Chris

PS - how could you miss the AC racing !!!! Absolutely awesome racing
and so great to see Bertarelli blown away so convincingly.

Glad you enjoyed the experience James. Enjoy the boat!

I reckon the way james is talking about the RS 100 he is eyeing up the fleet reps jobs i think all you guys should put him forward for it as there is no doubt that he is  the man for the job

I will look forward to seeing you at the RS fleet reps meetings ???????????????

Go for it james its not hard i know i enjoy being the vareos fleet rep !!!!

Originally posted by turnturtle Originally posted by Stevie_GTI Glad you enjoyed the experience James. Enjoy the boat! I'll try my best Steve! Jim- same as Dave re BMWO. It's popular misnomer that the AC33 was nothing more than a dick-swinging pi$$ing contest between two billionaires. However further time spent really trying to understand the AC33 and all its bullsh*t reveals that the contest was not who actually has the biggest dick, it in fact who's acting like the biggest dick- a reverse-win game of bullsh*t, PR, legal wrangling, rule infringement and blatant displays of arrogance- and for that Ernesto won it in spades, therefore forfeiting the moral victory before it even got on the water. The personalised insults to RC and LE were well outside of any sportsmanship displayed in our sport, the conduct was not only detrimental to sailing in terms of sponsorship revenues, but quite frankly it makes you embarrassed to be European, but then Swiss aren't really are they? Putting himself on the stick just capped off how much of prick he really is... arrogance is never a virtue. He was completely out-gunned in the pre- start on the first race, and even with Spithill's own confession of a f**k- up for getting stuck in irons, Bertarelli conceded that lucky 600+M lead within the first 5NM... okay BMWO wing and trimming was superior technology with expert execution no question, but FFS, how many times did Alinghi have two hulls dragging- up and downwind... surely that's sloppy helmsmanship, and quite frankly an arrogant insult at this level of the sailing game. Anyway back to RS100s and real sailing... hey I've just had a thought on the next AC... Nick, what's happening to those two old prototypes kicking around the yard?

I was of the opinion that the legal battles mostly went the way of the Americans, esp. the choice of venue. Also, imagine getting  out to the Middle East venue, having BMWO tolerate the venue seemingly, sending out reps to talk to the other side about onshore facilities  etc. and then having that dipstick American court jester turn it around, virtually in the last minute.

Well, let 'em have the dammned thing and shove it. After all, the Americas Cup was designed for an American arse. The Swiss ARE European. We Brits can't cope with: the EU and being with it when it means responsibility, seing other European nations able to do with/without it. It fair makes me puke when I see what other "island apes" think about what was originally part of their heritage.

 

Originally posted by asterix Oooh, this is just like SA! lets keep this thread for the RS100s - there are plenty of AC threads wher we can all get our handbags out!

Ok! Sorry about the highjack!. At dawn then and.. no horse shoes in yours this time eh