Test sailing the RS Aero - 'the 21st Century Laser'
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2014
- 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
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A couple boxes of Clif Bars and a few gallons of water, the Atlantic is a piece of cake.
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 Aero looks like a lot of fun! Being able to put this on your car rack definitely makes it very attractive.
Matthews in good shape self righting like that!
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.
Now that was some sailing!
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.
is it better than a rs zest?
@@flupsdarups3897 they are at the two ends of the spectrum in terms of weight
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!
So many boats out there the old ones are still the best.
More like the 21st century OK Dinghy. Nice boat.
Whos here just after world sailing voted for it to replace the laser?
Wait it has? I know it won the vote as the best boat but the laser is still around for atleast 4-8 years
гоночная лодка выходного дня-для всех!! мне очень понравилась!!))
0:45 lol they cut the bit we all wanted to see..
They cut a lot. I would have liked to see a tack and a gybe. Mostly marketing bull
I hope the mast is stiffer than a Laser’s was 40 years ago. Heavy wind caused a Laser mast to bow so much it loses a lot of power.
Why no tacks or gybe’s in this video?
Old Sailors never die... they just get a little dinghy!
a fun looking dingy
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.
the OK-dinghy reminds
I just feel at some point you should consider a windsurfer...
Does the mainsheet get caught behind the transom when you gybe?
:-)
Ian Edmonds no, lol, this is not the laser
That bow up out of the water LOL!
220SeaChaser
US cost $8,000
will stick with my old Mark II Wayfarer
8000?! Wow, I'll keep my racing windsurf board just a bit more in that case.
For $9000 USD? Is that for real? I’ll wait for the Chinese to copy it and sell it on Aliexpress for $900.
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.
Like an ok dinghy
Guys, would you go for a laser or the RS Aero?
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.
Jakob Haga I think that is due to the light weight. I think these will struggle upwind with waves as they wont have the momentum.
***** A Laser, hands down.
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.
R.S aero will never replace the laser they not nearly as much competitve or challenging
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 hull is just 30kg, a laser is about twice that at 56kg. An optimist weighs 34kg!
Nileltr a laser is 70
I was talking about just the hull, as you said, the laser rigged is 70kg, and the aero rigged is 48 as mentioned in the video.
Nileltr oh sorry
Yeah but Flying 11's are boring
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Now, is it true that there are 3 classes within this class?
OR, are they each individual classes in there own right?
Nice Boat . Hate Fish eye view .
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.
Seams to float too high when capsized
I agree - don't ever let go of the boat or it will blow away from you in a heartbeat.
Even a Laser can easily blow away from you faster than you can swim.
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 :)
Some good options for you in the July issue of Yachting World Julian!
@@yachtingworld will have a look… cheers
i drycapped a walker bay 8 im 12 hate walkers
Would be better without music
where are the foils? 40 years later and no innovation.....
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.
And when was the last Laser 2 made????
Dunno but mine still floats and flies.
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!!!!