Single or double hander

In my new commordoral role I seem to be the person everyone now sends each and every query regarding our club which is now becoming tedious, however in this one I found myself forced to act in the same way all you lot have to when asked what's the best boat for a given situation and pointed to something on the beach.

Big guy quite tall probably north of 90 kgs wanted a boat to predominantly sail single handed but also wants to take someone else out, probably an offspring, and for the life of me there isn't anything I could think of specifically designed with that in mind.

So I said Phantom. Given it would take the weight and they are entry level, but the crew will soon get bored with nothing to do, strikes me something should be designed to this end with a single handed role but with the addition of a jib could give little johnny/janet something to tinker with, without compromising the single handed performance of the boat rather than de powering a dual hander, or have I missed something that is already out there?

Edited by iGRF - 31 Mar 14 at 10:46am

For whatever my opinion is worth the best solution is to have a singlehander to be a singlehander, and rent a club training boat when you want to take people out for a ride. As singlehanders get more and more prevalent I think having a small fleet of decent rentable two handers is an important feature for a club.

I agree also. Over the years of coming here and on other forums there have always been those questions: "I need a boat for single handing and also taking the kids (and or wife) out". I don't think it works for many reasons........The conclusion I've come to is that 2 boats are needed, hired or owned.

Edited by transient - 31 Mar 14 at 1:14pm

Originally posted by transient I agree also. Over the years of coming here and on other forums there have always been those questions: "I need a boat for single handing and also taking the kids (and or wife) out". I don't think it works for many reasons........The conclusion I've come to is that 2 boats are needed, hired or owned.

Exactly why I now own a Phantom and an Albacore (and a few other boats, but best not go there...)

If looking at cats, there must be several others that would do the job too?