Musto Skiff weights

    Hi
I'm 15, have been sailing the Laser 4.7/Radial for 3 years now (plus topaz and L2k for 5 years previously), but I want to change to a trapeze boat. Given the apparent lack of any crews for a 29er, I'm looking into an MPS, but im only 60 kg at the moment. Given i'll be 16 and probably 65kg by the time I start sailing the thing properly (GCSEs are, sadly, going to entertain me till June), is it really possible to sail these things at all? I have had fair experience+tuition helming and crewing 500s, Vagos and 29ers. I don't need something for incredibly serious racing, but i'd like a challenge and something that i can do club racing in at least a bit and can keep sailing for a while. If i cant sail in stronger winds, then so be it, there's always the backup laser Radial  

So, is the MPS something i can at least manage? And is it something i can enjoy sailing fairly regularely, maybe 3 times a fortnight? There's someone else my age getting one, so the Musto is preferable over the 700

Thanks

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	Hi I'm 15, have been sailing the Laser 4.7/Radial for 3 years now (plus topaz and L2k for 5 years previously), but I want to change to a trapeze boat. Given the apparent lack of any crews for a 29er, I'm looking into an MPS, but im only 60 kg at the moment. Given i'll be 16 and probably 65kg by the time I start sailing the thing properly (GCSEs are, sadly, going to entertain me till June), is it really possible to sail these things at all? I have had fair experience+tuition helming and crewing 500s, Vagos and 29ers. I don't need something for incredibly serious racing, but i'd like a challenge and something that i can do club racing in at least a bit and can keep sailing for a while. If i cant sail in stronger winds, then so be it, there's always the backup laser Radial So, is the MPS something i can at least manage? And is it something i can enjoy sailing fairly regularely, maybe 3 times a fortnight? There's someone else my age getting one, so the Musto is preferable over the 700 Thanks