I have two DSIs and a DSII - recently I considered selling the DSII. This brought a huge "don't get a DSII" contingent out of the "fiberglasswork" (aka woodwork) about the DSII. One prospective buyer was polite and simply said "my friends are telling me I should get a DSI....and this potential buyer is new to sailing and never raced. To me thisis the perfect person for a DSII.
True that you see virtually NO DSIIs in the NACR top 10 (or more) - but WHY? In the "blind taste test" in my driveway it is abundantly clear that the DSII is a far better constructed boat! Hull to deck seam, lack of the center thwart, line controlled CB. Mine came from the factory with a tapered Proctor mast and it has NEW (literally new, purchased and put away) JOTZ racing sales. Sadly....my compadres in the local fleet tend to give me a sideways glance and the "too bad about charlie and that DSII" look! I've raced for decades and won more races that a lot of folks will ever enter - and YEP....I kinda suck with this boat (but I'm really out for the fun and being around sailors, not so much the etched beer glass these days and have old age ADHD so tend to be distracted by ......hey look SQUIRREL!!!). I've searched the forum for answers....the very best on I have come across is that the DSI is far easier to customize and to repair (restore) beign a more open boat. BUT - if you've ever taken an knock down (oh yes I have) the DSI is a BITCH to bail! The DSII (in theory anwyay) can self bail and has posiive floatiation - again theory has it! The perfect set up for the new-ish sailor?!
SO ---- can we have an INTELLIGENT and KNOWLEGABLE discussion on thy the DSII shouldn't be as competitive as a DSI??? I'd love to hear your thoughts. OR, any questions - again I have and sail both, so I feel pretty knowledgeable on the boats in great detail.
What say you all????! (and please be nice ..... you don't want to trigger me! --- HA!)