Farr 3.7

Is it actually possible to buy one of these?  I've always felt there must be a market for it, so it would be interested to see if the sales figures would back this up if it were given the chance.  I guess so many people sail on ponds where they can get away with being over canvased, so maybe not.  Looks like it would still carry a fair bit of weight on the sea though.

I would guess it's (the light skiff) not really aimed at inland waters as most people would probably just get the real thing.  At just over 60kg it's the waves that I find challenging in most boats upwind.  

The only problem i can see with the box trailers on something like our 505 is storing the thing at events.  For instance at the nationals at Lyme it was a squeeze with a standard combi base.

A useable box trailer for many UK vanues would have to be fold-down- you'd almost need something with removable panels that could be stashed under the trailer, allowing the boat to be rigged "in" the trailer.

Despite the glam (and grin) factor of single-handed with kite, many club courses just don't suit this.  Yeah, you'll have a great time if you go out for a blast, or if you launch off a beach to open sea or a big harbour (or even resevoir).  I know the MPS has been successful, and to a measure so far, also the RS100.  But other 'experiments' haven't proved as successful IMO such as the Vareo, RS700 and the not-so-widespread but fantastic IAC and I don't think that's because they're not good boats in their own right, just that across the UK, their are a limited number of clubs where racing such a beast (i.e. 300m+ course legs) make sense and the MPS fleets built quickly and have sustained that to some extent as well.

Their could well be a gap in the market for a 'lightwieights Contender'... will be interesting to see where this goes