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    Posted: 29 Jan 05 at 9:22pm
yes buzzes are great if youre light and their also relatively esay to handle 
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sounds like a 200 would be the best boat here, weve taken to taking beggineers out in our 200's as they pick things up faster that way than starting in a wayfarer and climbing, weve found it to be an amazing boat, very competitive and yet weve taken out complete newbies with ease. Yes youll need to get use to sailing it at first but after that its easy as and then you can focus on learning all the small things that make a 200 go that bit faster in a race etc, i think its the best boat for the choice as youll both be starting a fresh in it so you can share the experience.
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A nice boat the 200 but I wouldn't call it a skiff.
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200's are definatly not skiffs. sailed one and it handled nicley tho

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iv got to agree with stu on this one but i have never sailed one
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the 200 is nice to ssail but it has not got that wow factor that most the skiffs have!
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It can be a bit tame untill you get a decent blow, but i've only sailed one a few times. a 29er might be a bit much as they are very unstable in lighter gusty airs i just sold mine because it was too hard too sail on lakes great fun on the sea though

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All good comments - I am off to SkiffAsia in Phuket over easter to have a play in their 29ers, 59ers and C11 Bytes...YIPPEEEEEEEEEE!!! (It does help that they are only just up the road from Singapore and the flights are 3 of your english pounds each from here....)

I can see my future if we end up back in blighty could well involve an RS200 for me and the missus and something a bit more pokey for me the boy (if he isn't off on his own by then...)
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did the skiffasia people get hit by the tsunarmi? 
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I heard they did but it didn't do much damage due to the configuration of the coast.
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