As I am comparing myself against the RS400's today was the day that I think I cracked it.
Once I got her planing upwind, I was not too far behind them and if I can hold my own against them upwind then downwind is good, because as you would expect....the D-One goes mental.
I had an interesting moment while racing with the kite up against a 400....
I had to bare off as the gust hit, however the 400 could hold it and I couldn't bare off infront of him, so I simply had to hike like crazy.....I even wacked the downhaul on to depower a bit.
Great fun, but could have done with a tad more leverage if sailing on that angle.....bearing off like stink in a gust is the way forward (as you would expect)
Honestly, I think 950 is probably a little too hard, it may in the longterm increase a little.
Certainly in the lighter stuff it's a tuffy, but as soon as the wind gets up it's not too far off the mark.
Time will tell.....hell its fun trying.
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