An idea that I have been toying with...

..for a while. There needs to be a "peoples" 18 foot skiff. An 18 for club racing, regular open meetings and accessible to the average sailor. 18 feet is a bit long for your average boat park, as is a fixed bowsprit. I think there needs to be a 3 wire skiff for Mr Joe Bloggs (aka me) who feels he is missing out on such exciting sailing.

So hears what I'm thinking. Light weight, 16 feet long, 10 beam (with racks obviously. Same width as a b14, so boat park friendly), long but retractable bow sprit, 3 wires, masthead kite and lots of lovely rag.

Like a 16 foot skiff, but wider, with more sail and an extra wire. In essence a smaller, more average Joe friendly 18.

Thoughts?

What, like light weight twin wire skiffs, such as cherubs? At 16 feet long and with a fairly large rig, you can only make it so light. It would have to be robust enough to take a beating, but not as robust as say a 5000! Robustness= more weight but there is a balance.