Single handable double hand trapeze boats

80kg 42yr old with teenage kids seeks fastish dinghy to replace an aged laser 2 fun (which is really dull down wind).   Needs to carry 2 but be sailable singlehanded when the kids don't want to sail with dad.  What's the view?

• laser 3k?  - single handable, but a bit slow and a bit cramped and no-one else has one.
• 29er? - brilliant fun, but sailed entirely by wealthy and competitive 17 year olds (it seems) and can it be single handed?
• buzz? - looks big and hefty, heard bad things about the hull longevity, single handable?
• laser vago? - expensive as new, presumably it's going to be slow, as plastic and hence heavy.  I asked laser if they'd get it below a PY of 1000 - and they haven't answered!

Any suggestions?  Or should I dump the kids and get an RS600 or a contender before I'm too old?  Or give in to old age and buy a solo..... no.... not yet.

Not sl*gging you off chap.....BUT what you guys tend to forget is that many restricted inland waters simply don't allow cats anyway, so great option for the seaside but not so much fun otherwise.  I'd love a cat, but want to go sailing every weekend without a 60 to 70 mile round trip, along with the traffic jams.

Anyway to the matter in hand, I suppose a Vareo might be the sensible option or a Contender, or L2K if you're that way inclined.

Or if you're feeling butch, one of the FastSail classes .  www.fastsail.org

Not that I'm biased of course....NOT>>>

29er can be single-handed...have a look at the photo at the end of the Which Skiff thread...and at 80Kg you would be pretty close to being fully powered when on the wire compared to a "normal" 120kg crew with only 60Kg on the wire. 

Don't let the teenagers have all the fun...