DSK wrote:
If you want something smaller, how about a 9 ft Fatty Knees, a dinghy
designed by Lyle Hess and now being built by Eddy & Duff.


If you want to go with something small, why not a Tech dinghy?

A Tech is a great student dinghy, but its still tippy in puffy
weather. The older version were not self rescuing, they would come up
filled with water. The latest version ("the fifth fleet") are said
to be better in this regard.




Jeff wrote:
I certainly wouldn't recommend a Fatty Knees to anyone with mobility
problems. It would be a death trap - they wouldn't last one tack! I
have one - I only capsized once, but that was stepping into it from my
boat.


And they're not as tippy as some other hard dinks. A Tech or one of the
other frostbiting classes might be a good mix of stability & performance.

Oddly, the common frostbiter in Marblehead is the Interclub Dinghy,
one of the tippiest dinks ever built.




A Marshall 15 might be better, but the larger ones have a lot of sail
to handle.

A Beetle Cat!

Good choice. How about one of the variations of an H12?


.... I was thinking of a Rhodes 19, or the Mariner (same hull, with a
cuddy). With a keel its going to be stable, nothing happens too
quickly, and the sails aren't to large to handle. Its even reasonably
functional under main alone.


Good idea.

Of course, a lot depends on where they are and what type of sailing
they want to do.

A boat with a cuddy cabin need not make it too large or heavy or
expensive, and can add functionality.

DSK