A fast occasional doublehander boat. Is there one?

The Vago is pretty much my least favorite boat. Heavy rotomoulded but an unstable hull form and a heavy mast. Falls over if left alone, and per minute if sailing probably the most rescued boat at our club.

Take a look at some of the older designs. We had a couple of albacore sailing singlehanded a few years ago, which worked well in lighter winds, and room for your crew.

In stronger winds, I can't see any boat working in singlehanded mode with space for a large crew.

Thanks guys! So much to research...

I taught my kids to sail in an Enterprise* with a Firefly rig, and they first soloed with a Firefly main and the CB raked back. It worked very well and the Ent is a lovely, well mannered boat in most conditions. OTOH, with a full rig it's a handful for a solo 75kg sailor but not too exciting with 160kg on board if it's not blowing a bit, a compromise. I'd think something with a kite for two up sailing and a reduced rig for single handing is the most successful option (the Spice with a L2k mainsail was a reasonable compromise)

Enterprise, plenty about and cheap, sailed mine solo loads of times, even up to thinking I had made a mistake.
Probably half the weight of most 2 handed rotomoulded boats, like I said just so cheap you won't be worried about bashing it.

Originally posted by Rupert The Vago is pretty much my least favorite boat. Heavy rotomoulded but an unstable hull form and a heavy mast. Falls over if left alone, and per minute if sailing probably the most rescued boat at our club. Take a look at some of the older designs. We had a couple of albacore sailing singlehanded a few years ago, which worked well in lighter winds, and room for your crew. In stronger winds, I can't see any boat working in singlehanded mode with space for a large crew.