best skiff

It depends what you are into. For me it has to be a 12 foot skiff nothing
eles come* close for the ride. It's why I sail *Cherubs, they really do get
your heart racing! With the new big rig It's become a UK user friendly 12
foot skiff.

(* the only one that comes close)

Has to be the 49er for the double-hander, and the Musto Performance Skiff for the single-hander. I reckon that sailing trends reflect that because at the weekend we had at least 7 49ers and over 13 Musto Skiffs turn up for our local event. None of the other classes are showing this much growth up in the North.

seems that this is going to turn out to be quite an opinionated discussion once again! The fact that the topic title is "best skiff" seems to keep the topic wide open... best at what?!

If it's speed then it's got to be the 18 or more accessible the 49er, but then again if it's pure thrills then its got to be the 12 or cherub. I've sailed both the 49er and the cherub in the last few weeks and they are completely different beasts. The 49er has awesome power but is relatively stable so you don't really get any feeling of speed (until you go past some lesser craft!) The cherub is ridiculously fast off the wind and very lively so you definitely feel it! But due to its upwind performance in sub planing conditions it couldn't be considered as the best.



Check the cherub pics from the blast at the weekend in the photos section.

excellent photo's as well. whoever took them must be some kind of pro! 

right so you start the topic saying.... " i think 18 foot 49er or b14"

and now you "still think 14 49er 29er 800 and 700 al the boats you need"

Seems to be a slight difference in what you're saying here as the 18footer and b14 now don't even feature in your top skiffs.

Which do you ACTUALLY think, or shall we just list them all?