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    Posted: 12 Apr 12 at 8:53am
A lot depends on the launching. Personally I would be quite incapable of pulling a GP14 or a Laser 2000 singlehanded across shingle or soft sand on even the best of launching trolleys...

Edited by JimC - 12 Apr 12 at 8:53am
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comet versa always looked a nice boat to me.
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Originally posted by ex laser

comet versa always looked a nice boat to me.

I had a chance to sail a Versa back-to-back with a Miracle once.  The Versa was actually disconcertingly rolly going downwind on the Medway chop - I was worried it would death-roll if I lost concentration, whereas the Miracle was decidedly more stable, but wetter once it got planing (which it did appreciably quicker than the Versa).
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not surprised. the miracle has chines and a flatter bottom.

both are good boats, just different.
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I'd wait until you've done the course before buying  a boat!

I heard once the two best days of boat ownership - the day you buy and the day you sell!...  I don't agree with this but I think the sentiment says it all.

I think getting involved with a club that has club boats you can borrow would be a good first step.. Alternatively an old Mirror dinghy is a cheap option that would go well in Anglesey.
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Graduate. GRP-cheap, and easily sailed one or two up.

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