Test sailing the RS Aero - 'the 21st Century Laser'

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.

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 :)

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

Like an ok dinghy

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. :-)

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

Why no tacks or gybe’s in this video?

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.

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

the OK-dinghy reminds

i drycapped a walker bay 8 im 12 hate walkers

Does the mainsheet get caught behind the transom when you gybe?
:-)

Nice Boat . Hate Fish eye view .

Now that was some sailing!

Would be better without music

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.

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

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

a fun looking dingy

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

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

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

That bow up out of the water LOL!

"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.

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.

Matthews in good shape self righting like that!

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

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

Seams to float too high when capsized