Matthew Sheahan sails the new RS Aero, a brand new and staggeringly light single hander, a boat so light it weighs less than many people's launching trolleys
deezynar Yeah man! I was thinking there’s some guy in a garage somewhere build foils like a Moth. All the best, check out the Vaka Taumako videos, image being 1000 miles offshore in one of these!
The Cccp skiff will be roto molded plastic -at the under $1k price point. You’ll get something that looks similar to the aero, but weighs 3times as much. Ya get what you pay for.
You're quite a fit man! The 45 kg would not suit everyone 🙂 I was thinking exactly the same: a boom more and this was windsurfing. As an old windsurfer and new born sailor, great to observe. Very nice test!
@@andrewwhite1793 It tacks and jibes like other small boats but it's hard to keep from capsizing during a jibe with high winds and waves. The part we wanted to see at 45 seconds is the struggle to launch. It's very difficult to launch alone, especially from a beach. I launch from a dock and try to get someone to help me keep the boat pointed into the wind. The boat doesn't want to be in irons, it wants to sail even when you're partially rigged.
It's definitely better boat than Laser, but if you want to race it will be not ease to fine a fleet. Also $4000 more. Once they lower the price to the cost of Laser, maybe they have something. At this point it's a nice toy.
48kg is still pretty heavy for a single handed boat. I sail a flying 11 and with a rig up that weighs about the same, but its a double handed boat with a much larger rig and complex fit out that goes much faster
The Aero is a great boat but there is practically no fleet meaning its gonna suck to race. For a cottage boat or something to mess with its gonna be blast if you plan or racing at all go for a laser which is a massive class.
I sail laser normally but i recently tested the Aero and i can say that it was fun sailig but it had a strange feeling upwind and it didn't feel as responsive as my laser.
I race'm both. 35 years on the Laser, fourth season on the Aero. The Laser is easier to sail upwind and you find a race-partner where ever you want. But you have to squeeze the speed out of the boat. Every fourth year a new hull to keep up? The Aero makes you happy on any other course. Downwind gusts don't scare, after a reach you have to scratch the smile from your face. Rig and sail respond to every little change of adjustment. And on the hard you just pull down the sail to depower, grab the trolley single-handed and you're off in a few minutes. Maybe the Laser will stay because it's spread all over the world, and the difference of speed is not that much, but the Aero offers much finer sailing and fun.
Fella's - sorry, but this is kinda boring. Laser II way more fun and challenging - downwind runs with only the centerboard and rudder in the water and one out on the trap. That's yeehaa sailing.
This shows nothing but how light it is, then some broad reaches...of which many boats will be 'fast'. Might as well go RS100, least the downwind sectors will be more fun with a spinnaker. Otherwise? YAWN!!!!
I've sailed one. they are great fun but that's it they are just fun. The laser is technical and has the advantage of being an Olympic class. They will be good for club racing but to appeal to most of the really competitive racers they need a big fleet of them.
Give it time. Being an Olympic class is often a disadvantage, IMHO. Lasers are 2x the weight, build quality is all over the place and aluminum spars are terrible.
The fact that one man can carry it for a beach take off makes it so appealing, but then trapezing becomes more important since where your weight is is more important on lighter boats.
This is a great boat for beginners or kids who want to learn and have fun at the club, just like rhe topper does, because they have squared like shaped hull they are more stable and easier to sail than the laser which will always stay for me the best single handed dinghy. Reason being that it is way more technical, the controls are better (just look at the vang on the rs aero) and the mainsheet is better because the traveler is larger and actualy fonctional. As a laser sailor that's just my opinion. :-)
I must try one. The only reason a Laser is a good boat for racing is the class racing at most clubs, in other ways is not a great boat. This is probably a better boat, perhaps in time it will provide the class racing. Meanwhile for handicap racing I suspect its the one to have.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-avaSdC0QOUM.html Now, is it true that there are 3 classes within this class? OR, are they each individual classes in there own right?
Wow I may be out of touch with dingy prices… I’m looking for something super light to take with me on a live aboard blue water yacht… at £7,500 I’ll struggle with an old Laser or stick to kite or wind surfing :)
