I don't think GRP Ents are all as bad as suggested, sure some will be and an old one will probably have taken some weight but there are lots out there (far more than Gulls and Comet Zeros) so you might well find a good one. You know enough about boats to walk away from a dodgy one. I haven't sailed the others but the Gull, at least, is a tried, tested and well respected design so you'd do fine with one of those (but would the same caveats apply as with an old GRP Ent? Not sure but it's considerable smaller and only 8kg lighter).

Agreed with tink on the Jack de Crow book, a fantastic read

Originally posted by rich96 Originally posted by tink Bit worried how Sam Spoons knows about the IC Rich96, no I haven’t camped on an Ent, people have using a smaller rig. The Ent was actually designed with two sets of sails one smaller for cruising. People camp on Mirrors, I am very much in the camp - the smaller the boat the more it gets used. I agree about smaller boats being used more (possibly) But camping in a Mirror ? Where on earth would you sleep ?

Originally posted by tink Bit worried how Sam Spoons knows about the IC Rich96, no I haven’t camped on an Ent, people have using a smaller rig. The Ent was actually designed with two sets of sails one smaller for cruising. People camp on Mirrors, I am very much in the camp - the smaller the boat the more it gets used.

I agree about smaller boats being used more (possibly)

But camping in a Mirror ? Where on earth would you sleep ?

Sam Spoons - didn’t know anyone bothered reading that, I use it a bit like a diary