Which Skiff....

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...)

the 200 is nice to ssail but it has not got that wow factor that most the skiffs have!

200's are definatly not skiffs. sailed one and it handled nicley tho

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.

i've seen tiny crews in the buzz. one guy used to sail with his  son and to begin with he can't have been any more than 5 or six stone. The dad just used to helm from the wire when it got really windy. They won the nationals a couple of years later. You can also pick up buzzes incredibly cheap if you look around, so definately worth at least test sailing.