"Bobsprit" wrote:

What's a low cost starter sailboat for a 5-8
year old that carries a jib? A friend is looking
for something he can sail with his son. Must be
a smaller boat 12-13 feet.
Thanks.

In your area, call the Boy Scout sailing camp on Milton Point in Rye
or the Horsehoe Harbor or LYC in Larchmont or the Huguenot YC in New
Rochelle or Beach Point YC in Mam'k, all of which run sailing programs
for young kids, and ask what boats they use for this purpose.

Though 5-6 yrs old seems to me to be more than a little young, at
least for sailing alone, on any summer day one will see 7-8 yr olds
(and, of course, older kids) sailing alone or with another in +/- 8'
boats, many with (of course: small) jibs in those areas of the L.I.
Sound.