How fast????

he sails a topper

Wave Rider sounds about the right weight and experience to try a 29er.  They are tippy but its a bit like riding a bike - alright as long as you keep moving.  Most of these skiff type boats have very litttle static stability - if you held it head-to-wind by the forestay it would fall over.  So its unlike a 420 which generally rounds up and stops upright if you let everything go whilst sailing.  With skiffs you are balancing the sail pressure against you weight, so no matter what, you have to keep sailing them.

they are faster than what you have experienced by the sounds! but obviously they arn't the fastest skiff going!

ye i guessed that bt they still look fun............................the only prob is that at my age its hard to get a reliable crew if i wanted a skiffy like thing which i would eventually!.........unless of course i get a musto skiff LOL!

oh 29ers are great to sail, quite fast- and you get the hang of it after a while! I'd do a year on the topper national circuit first though, see how good you are there before moving on, and finding a goood crew/ helm.

Btw to answer the original question i've been told 12 knots for a topper in a real blow!?