Flexible dinghy for family of 6!
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Topic: Flexible dinghy for family of 6!
Posted By: Familyman
Subject: Flexible dinghy for family of 6!
Date Posted: 31 Aug 05 at 12:01am
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I'm looking for inspiration on the best boat now I have 4 kids! Any suggestions? I fear I'm looking for the impossible - a boat big enough and safe enough to take 6 of us for a day trips in reasonable safety (i.e. good reliable weather) but responsive and interesting enough to make for some more exciting moments when there is a reasonable breeze with the kids as they get older. I was brought up in a Mirror (as was my wife) which is great as an all rounder but simply not big enough. Perhaps a wayfarer might fit the bill - or should I be thinking about a small towable keel boat - of which I have no expereince and suspect that it will not provide enough excitement for all the hassle involved in getting it into the water. I can't be the first person to have this problem and am open to sugesstions...
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Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 31 Aug 05 at 7:31am
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Really six is keelboat territory, and not a particularly small one either. You'd be looking around 24 foot for six teenagers, 27-28 foot for six adult-sized. You can tow 24 foot with most family-sized cars but any bigger is starting to need 4x4s. If your wife also sails, maybe two Wayfarers might be another option.
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Posted By: FRIENDLY SAILER
Date Posted: 03 Sep 05 at 11:46am
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A Ludic could be a possibility, it''s a collective dinghy with asymmetrical spinnaker adapted up to 9 persons. It even has 2 trapeze!! Info on http://www.phileasboats.com - www.phileasboats.com ------------- friendly sailer |
Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 03 Sep 05 at 12:11pm
| Good grief. You are supposed to be able to get 9 people on something 18 foot long. That is cosy. 5 people on my 24 footer wasn't especially roomy. "Spacieux et convivial" is says; more convivial than spacious I'd have thought. |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 03 Sep 05 at 10:45pm
Hey we found three of us on a 28 ft norfolk cruiser a bit of a squash!
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: hurricane
Date Posted: 04 Sep 05 at 8:48pm
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what about a topper sport 16 or laser stratos? they will be big enough just with a turn of speed with less on board! ------------- lifes to short to sail slow boats! RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007 |
Posted By: Pondling
Date Posted: 04 Sep 05 at 8:49pm
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or a vision? or two? ------------- Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...) Feva 251 RS200 1117 RS200 897 |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 05 Sep 05 at 11:54am
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I'd go for two actually.
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: FRIENDLY SAILER
Date Posted: 10 Sep 05 at 3:05pm
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Vision or stratos are not big enough for 6 people. The mentioned Ludic is a much better option. ------------- friendly sailer |