atoyot
Super Anarchist
...or not, though this movie scene with Cpt Jack Aubry pointing at a couple of weevils comes to mind.
I'm downsizing from a 17' day-sailor to maybe something in the 14' class of dinghy. Considerations are actual benches to sit on, capacity for two 200-lb adults or one big guy + 2 kids. Stability while single-handing would be cool. Must cut down the stress of set-up and tear-down due to health concerns. I don't race. And nothing I find will be as cool or nimble or spacious or reactive as the well-trimmed-out Harpoon 5.2 I just sold [whimper, sob, sniff].
The top of the running at this hour are held by a 1993 American 14.6 and a 1980's GP-14. Assume both have good sails and (as miracles would have it) titled, legal trailers.
Other choices may very well fit the bill though these ones are available and seem to fit the need, as long as it's not a friggin' dog in light air or won't point. An FJ comes to mind, as does an AMF Puffer except for being small. Any reason why someone who is used to a real boat might choose one of these two over 'tother? Neither will ever be what the toy yacht was, but that's the way it has to be.
Tnx in advance.
I'm downsizing from a 17' day-sailor to maybe something in the 14' class of dinghy. Considerations are actual benches to sit on, capacity for two 200-lb adults or one big guy + 2 kids. Stability while single-handing would be cool. Must cut down the stress of set-up and tear-down due to health concerns. I don't race. And nothing I find will be as cool or nimble or spacious or reactive as the well-trimmed-out Harpoon 5.2 I just sold [whimper, sob, sniff].
The top of the running at this hour are held by a 1993 American 14.6 and a 1980's GP-14. Assume both have good sails and (as miracles would have it) titled, legal trailers.
Other choices may very well fit the bill though these ones are available and seem to fit the need, as long as it's not a friggin' dog in light air or won't point. An FJ comes to mind, as does an AMF Puffer except for being small. Any reason why someone who is used to a real boat might choose one of these two over 'tother? Neither will ever be what the toy yacht was, but that's the way it has to be.
Tnx in advance.
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