Boat for able teenage girl

Just to clarify a semi-budget, it is roughly the price of a ok Feva (£2500), along with perhaps £500 more, so although we did consider the Farr 3.7 together, she decided it would be too much work to buy one from overseas etc., along with there not being an established class. Regarding the 900 and other similar boats, although she has been a more than able crew in the 29er occasionally when I lack a crew, there are very few people at our club other than that with the interest in skiffs :(, so i'm sure a singlehander would be preferable. 

surely she should go with whateve her friends are sailing?  otherwise it depends on her ambitions/aims.  Does she want to circuit race, club sail, conquer the world.  at that age she should still be seeing current sailing as fun and a stepping stone to wherever she wants to go next.

there aren't a lot of female helms out there in single trap world...

1 29er, a few ISOs, 200s, a couple of 400s for the adults, but among the cadets there is only really topazes, a couple of Fevas and some laser radials. Having had a Feva I know she likes sailing with asymmetrics, and also the speed and acceleration of skiffs from the 29er.

The obvious single-hander for a talented lightweight is surely an International Moth? 

Reason would say laser radial, but I can see why she wouldn't want to.  her best option would be to do as Jim says, and go double handed.  Otherwise I'd be looking at the 29er lookalike that is the byte c2, or for something faster, the europe.  or what about an RS vareo?


Edited by winging it - 18 May 11 at 11:32am