Test de navigare cu RS Aero – „Laserul secolului 21”

39 thoughts on “Test de navigare cu RS Aero – „Laserul secolului 21””

1. Guys, would you go for a laser or the RS Aero?

2. The Aero looks like a lot of fun!  Being able to put this on your car rack definitely makes it very attractive.

3. 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.

4. Matthews in good shape self righting like that!

5. 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.

6. 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!!!!

7. "A hell of a lot of fun" to be sure but bloody well tiring if you wish to sail 3 olympic courses a day in a 7 day regatta.      Former Laser 1 racer.

8. That bow up out of the water LOL!

9. So many boats out there the old ones are still the best.

10. More like the 21st century OK Dinghy. Nice boat.

11. 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

12. a fun looking dingy

13. US cost $8,000
    will stick with my old Mark II Wayfarer

14. A couple boxes of Clif Bars and a few gallons of water, the Atlantic is a piece of cake.

15. 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.

16. Would be better without music

17. 0:45 lol they cut the bit we all wanted to see..

18. Now that was some sailing!

19. Nice Boat . Hate Fish eye view .

20. Does the mainsheet get caught behind the transom when you gybe?
    🙂

21. i drycapped a walker bay 8 im 12 hate walkers

22. the OK-dinghy reminds

23. I just feel at some point you should consider a windsurfer…

24. 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.

25. I'm looking for a fun boat to pootle about on, and this could be it.
    I'm wanting to recapture a teenagehood spent learning to sail on an even lighter boat – at 38kg all up weight, the South African Dabchick has been around since 1956.
    (Search Youtube for "dabbie sailing" for the best youtube clip, but "dabchick sailing" will get you a few more. There's even one sailing offshore at Durban in big seas lumpy enough to make me feel seasick.)
    The design remains virtually unchanged to this day, and its still going strong as an excellent training step up from Oppies, for teenagers. The dabbie is a veritable go-kart, bum skimming mere inches above, and often in, the water. I'd call it a sit-on-top windsurfer…
    The sailplan looks a little small by today's standards, but it's still quick enough to match a Laser. It has some technical element to extract the best from the limited sail area, but the light weight (for a 12 foot long dinghy) means it's always quick.
    But it was also designed to be made at home from three sheets of 8'x4' 6mm marine ply…

    I'm not as flexible these days, so the shallow cockpit of the RS Aero will be greatly appreciated. Now, if I could just afford one…

26. Why no tacks or gybe’s in this video?

27. Whos here just after world sailing voted for it to replace the laser?

28. I'm happy to live in a country that has training for sailors for 12$ a month with boat usage, all gear and stuff. No need for me to buy a boat for myself.

29. 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. 🙂

30. Like an ok dinghy

31. гоночная лодка выходного дня-для всех!! мне очень понравилась!!))

32. R.S aero will never replace the laser they not nearly as much competitve or challenging

33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM

    Now, is it true that there are 3 classes within this class?
    OR, are they each individual classes in there own right?

34. 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!

35. For $9000 USD? Is that for real? I’ll wait for the Chinese to copy it and sell it on Aliexpress for $900.

36. They really need to up their production quality. Such great jounalism, just let down by poor camera quality and editing.

37. where are the foils? 40 years later and no innovation…..

38. 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.

39. 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 🙂

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