tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post7536639384408830810..comments2024-03-25T00:33:24.910-07:00Comments on Earwigoagin: Annapolis Sailboat Show Part 2 - Plastic Boats and Designing Dinghies with your AssTweezermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-73725815749436928812013-10-17T13:46:01.040-07:002013-10-17T13:46:01.040-07:00Yeah. It's a classic chicken and egg situation...Yeah. It's a classic chicken and egg situation. Nobody is buying them because there are no fleets and no regattas.<br /><br />My theory (which you may have heard before) is that boats like the RS100 have a hard time taking off in the USA because most dinghy racing here is one design fleets. Hardly any clubs do dinghy handicap racing. Whereas almost every club in the UK has a PY handicap fleet so you take your RS100 to the local club and sail PY for a year or two until you have persuaded enough other sailors there to buy one and then you start some RS100 one-design racing and host a RS100 regatta. And the same thing is happening at every other club so pretty soon there is a RS100 nationals with 150 boats.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-60075236411999329012013-10-16T16:41:40.115-07:002013-10-16T16:41:40.115-07:00WaveDancer: I saw the inflatable sailboat but made...WaveDancer: I saw the inflatable sailboat but made the snap decision that it didn't look as if it would sail that well so I kept on trucking. I am not infallible so please let me know what highlights I'm missing on this craft. I completely overlooked the mxNext (where was it?).<br /><br />Tillerman: The RS100 was there. I like the way RS did the gnav vang on this boat and was photographing it for ideas on a project I have at home. I already covered the RS100 in this <a href="http://earwigoagin.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-annapolis-sailboat-show.html" rel="nofollow">previous post</a>. I didn't ask the salesman of the extent of North American RS100 fleet activity - but I haven't heard on any major regattas in this boat.<br />Tweezermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-92145282209142611172013-10-16T06:22:58.459-07:002013-10-16T06:22:58.459-07:00I saw a video of that inflatable boat. Quite inter...I saw a video of that inflatable boat. Quite interesting. <br /><br />Did they have an RS100 on display?Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-17251336286806492002013-10-15T18:15:56.202-07:002013-10-15T18:15:56.202-07:00Well,
In addition, there was the 'prototype...Well,<br />In addition, there was the 'prototype' mxNext and an interesting blowup sailboat (Tiwal) from France (with the young lady designer). <br /><br />WavedancerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com