"Donal" wrote:
"Frank and Ronnie Maier" wrote in message
Sailing-related content: An old college buddy of mine e-mailed me from
Mystic. He's taking sailing lessons there and is interested in buying
a sailing dink or small trailer-sailer. Anybody got any
recommendations?

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer, but in the true spirit
of asa, I shall not let ignorance get in the way of an opinion.
A topper Sport16 might fit the bill. It can carry 4 adults(just), and it
can be easily trailed. It is a perfect beginner's dinghy, that can fly an
assymetric.
However, if your friend is going to advance to competetive racing quickly,
then maybe the Sport16 isn't the boat for him.
I think that we need more information to give a good answer!

Thanks. I know it was a terribly generic question; but I had to ask
'cause the last trailerable I sailed was a Rebel 16 many (many!) years
ago. He's a (late) middle-aged research biochemist who's never been
very athletic. I think the last time he sailed before this present
interest was with me back in the mid-60's. I doubt he's gonna get
interested in racing. I suspect he'll mostly sail solo. He says he
wants speed and power but it's Mystic, not the Caribbean, so he's not
interested in a wet boat, like a cat. I think his most significant
parameter is that it hasta be easy to launch, load, setup, and
takedown single-handed.

Thanks for the Sport16 suggestion; I'll pass it along.

Frank