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She's 3376 - Granny Weatherwax. I saw her today and thought she looked fantastic. Great thing for me is she's only just the other side of Great Yarmouth so really easy for me to go and collect hopefully later this week.

Appreciate the invitation, I've got your e-mail and contact details and will get in touch once we've got her sorted out.

Cheers
Andy

John,
Thanks for the invite - can't do this weekend as we've got visitors all weekend. I've agreed to buy a Crusader today and will hopefully get her by the end of the week so I may well bring her down soon in an attempt to pick up a few tips from you all. Appreciate your offer very much.

Regards
Andy

Once again a major vote of thanks for all your comments and advice. Tim, your views on the Bounder are welcome, hadn't thought of the resale question. The chap who is selling says she tacks very quickly, and on pure looks I'm pretty interested although I do need to be able to sail the boat, with my limited experience, and I don't want to get shown up by the Enterprise mob!!
Chris, sounds like we're in very similar spaces. I can't see my son balancing my weight for a few years yet as I seem to be growing faster than him for some reason!!
Thanks again.

Andy

Thanks for the very quick responses guys. I've got the chance to look at a Crusader which is not too far away from me. I've also been approached about a Bounder - looks like a beautiful boat but not a design I'm at all familiar with. Any thoughts as to how it would fit for my narrow river? I've spoken to a few people at the sailing club and the need to be able to tack quickly and easily is a major consideration so any other thoughts / comments gratefully received.

Thanks again

Andy

Hi Folks,

I'm just getting back into sailing after a break of about 15 years (houses, kids, jobs etc). I've joined the local sailing club which is on the river. Water is pretty narrow but being in East Anglia can get some good gusts blowing. The club mainly sails Enterprise and there are no 12's there. I used to sail a Cheshire Cat and have a nostalgic desire for a 12 again. I'm looking for advice on a suitable design for this type of inland sailing, also I'm likeley to have my 10 year old son as primary crew, he's rapidly heading for 5 stone in weight, I'm rapidly heading for considerably more than that due to living in close proximity to the Adnams brewery but overall I guess we'd be a pretty lightweight crew with limited experience and expertise. Am I being daft thinking of a 12 or are there designs that could suit?

Thanks for taking the time to read.

Andy