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    Posted: 15 Sep 21 at 9:53pm
Hi all,

I have recently sold my Finn in search of somehting a little faster, I am 17, 5ft 11 and about 95kg on a good day - I'm looking at choosing between an RS 300 and nat 12 as I find them to be reasonably similar in hull shape and premise (minimum wetted area - lots of sail) I would be hoping to end up with a crew at some point and obviously the nat 12 has this hands down but I'm not sure I would manage it on my own? (maybe single handed) - whereas the rs is going to be best for single handing and I might have to bite the bullet and get another boat if I end up with crew. any suggestions for other options would be welcome, obviously any comments and ideas/thoughts too. many thanks.

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Where will you be sailing? tiny pond? open sea?
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Will be sailing on farmoor reservoir and at hill head (the Solent), so a mix of both
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Neither will be great single handed - definitely not quicker than a Finn unless its a drift ? In the Solent chop a Finn would be much better

Neither have lots of sail either

Why would a 200 be better single handing - its got 3 sails ?

At 95 Kg helming either with a crew will be slow and not rewarding.

Buying a two hander to sail on your own with the occasional crew never seems to work well 

If you want a faster boat get a faster single hander ?. Contender, Phantom ?
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Sounds to me like you need 4 boats, 1 single hander for inland, 1 single hander for the sea, 1 double hander for inland and 1 double hander for the sea, or accept some compromises.

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Originally posted by rich96

Neither will be great single handed - definitely not quicker than a Finn unless its a drift ? In the Solent chop a Finn would be much better
Neither have lots of sail either
Why would a 200 be better single handing - its got 3 sails ?
At 95 Kg helming either with a crew will be slow and not rewarding.
Buying a two hander to sail on your own with the occasional crew never seems to work well 
If you want a faster boat get a faster single hander ?. Contender, Phantom ?


Are you misreading the post Rich? The 300 is a singlehanded. Of the boats you reference only the Contender has a lower PY and then only by 1 PY point.

George as a 5 11, 95kg long term 300 owner I would say that the 300 meets your needs although it will present some challenges in the Solent chop.
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Originally posted by sargesail

it will present some challenges.
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Also depends on budget I guess! As a similar shape in terms of weight and height when I was looking for a single hander I narrowed it to a short list of Phantom, Blaze, Finn and H2. I had not included the 300 probably because one of my mates had one who was on the larger side and he seemed to struggle to get it really flying in anything less than a gale but I am sure it can be done if Sargesail says so and is a similar size!
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at 6'3" and 95kg+ the 300 is fine for power, in sail on the Blackwater out of Marconi, so get to sail in the flat and in some nasty chop, it will submarine but it will pop up, just makes it more fun.
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N12 is a handful single handed. Probably would be fine in Force 2 but above that, you need a crew really.
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