What boat?

   Are you going to join your local club?  If not where are you going to keep it?  I guess you realise that a boat which is fast with 15 stone all up will not be fast with 30.  If you want to sail it single handed and use a spinnaker then it'll have to be a Vario, which will cost more than £1500.  If you want it to be fast and use a spinnaker single handed then you are talking real high perfomance - in which case you need to buy something else first to get trained up.
You can learn a lot and not spend much money buy sailing a Laser, but it won't be very fast with 30 stone and it doesn't have a spinnaker.  You definitely need to visit your local club.

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redback Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502	Post Options Post Reply Quote redback Report Post Quote Reply Topic: What boat? Posted: 28 Mar 05 at 11:10am
	Are you going to join your local club? If not where are you going to keep it? I guess you realise that a boat which is fast with 15 stone all up will not be fast with 30. If you want to sail it single handed and use a spinnaker then it'll have to be a Vario, which will cost more than £1500. If you want it to be fast and use a spinnaker single handed then you are talking real high perfomance - in which case you need to buy something else first to get trained up. You can learn a lot and not spend much money buy sailing a Laser, but it won't be very fast with 30 stone and it doesn't have a spinnaker. You definitely need to visit your local club.

Ozzey Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 27 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ozzey Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 11:36pm
	Hi, I have loved sailing since I was about 8 but never got to go very often. Now I'm 18 and I live 10 mins from the sea I was thinking about getting my own boat and was wondering what people thought I should get as I have no idea really and don't know much about boats. I've got quite a few certificates like day sailing and seamanship skills so I'm fairly confident. I'd want to get a fast boat but I'd want to be able to sail it on my own and also with my mates who have never sailed before so the crew weight could be anywhere between 15 and 30 stone. I'd also like it to have a trapeze as I'd quite like to learn how to do that and also a spineaker as I would also like to learn how 2 use these. It has to cost up to £1500 as well. I know that I'm being quite specific but there must be a boat out there thats just rite. Someone suggested a laser 2? Thanks for your help. Edited by Ozzey