Boat snob

Agree with your last sentance, don't buy a compomise. 82Kg is not too light for a Phantom.

I would go for a Phantom, Solution, RS300, or a Contender if you want to trapeze.

As an owner of an RS Vision, which is an excellent boat, am I alone in having something of an inferiority complex when I look at the fibreglass Laser 2000s? Plastic though robust and an excellent material just feels a little downmarket in comparison.

I am currently selling the Vision (see Ebay) to get something I can sail single-handed (unreliable crew issue) but am very uncertain of what to get.

The Laser 1 is a great boat but having to take the mast off every outing to slide on the sail, having a dagger board stuck up in the cockpit when on a run and lack of a freely draining transom just seems a bit cheap and nasty.  Seems rather an outdated design now and not quite a 'real' boat for grown-ups.

Also, I will possibly have the occasional crew/passenger which it would be nice to accomodate if possible.

I thought the RS Vareo might be the answer but it gets rather a slating in this forum so perhaps not.

What about an L3000 or V3000?  Rather a lot of sails for single hander but I gather not too difficult and with L3000 there seems a lot of boat for the money.

Trouble with any compromise is that a boat is not going to be the best at anything.  Is it better to go for a single hander with room for a passenger or a double hander that can be sailed by one person?

The alternative is that I give up the idea of passengers and get a decent single hander such as an RS600, a Blaze, an RS300, a Solution or a Contender.  Phantom also looks good but at 82KG I am probably too light. 

Help!!!!!