Small boats more fun?

It depends on you. Personally I prefer small and light, in boats and for that matter in bikes and just about anything else. Fr me without a doubt small and light is more fun. But other folk feel differently.

I was thinking about which class I will eventually join when I have money and am no longer a poor student.

This summer a spent some time sailing RS800s and 29ers. The RS800 was cool and pretty fast, but I always felt kind of disconnected sailing it. The 29er although definitely slower, felt more exciting A laser in a blow downwind which is much much slower, is still loads of fun.

I think it's down to the size of the boat, the sort of go-kart effect. This is taken to the extreme with windsurfing which is really awesome (as long as there is enough wind!). Has anyone else experienced this?

I currently have a modified I14 which I’ve only sailed twice, but due to light winds and asymmetric problems I have yet to see her true potential. I’m pretty sure I’ll stick with my 14 for quite a few years yet. For £800 this boat is an absolute steal! To get a boat with racks, self tacking jib, T foil things start looking very expensive though. Most 14s seem to be very expensive off the shelf beiker designs kinda defeating the object of a development class. Maybe an ovi 2 or something with some work may be affordable.

The cherub class looks very interesting. I wanted to buy one instead of the 14 since my sister and I would be more suited to it weight wise, but there were hardly any available used for around £1000. Lots of them seem to be wood (maintenance issue) and have aluminium masts/symmetric spinnakers still. They seem to be getting with the times recently though! Anyone in the southampton area want to give me a ride in one?

Racing is of no consideration to me, I just want to go really fast. Most windsurfers never race, same goes for snowboarding and ‘extreme’ sports. Tried racing and didn’t like it. People yelling/bitching at each other and protesting is a weird idea of fun on a Sunday morning. My first open meeting 2 out of 18 boats had holes in their sides after the first start.