Now I'm really lost however, 29'er not a skiff? Sailing Anarchy as a factual resource? seriously? The thing is a pie tin just like the others...so the rig is a little smaller but does that mean that a Hobie Wave is not a catamaran? - the 9'ers are still the same configuration, bow sprit, main, jib, spinnaker, centerboard, and so unstable in the water that it won't stay upright even without any sails hoisted...how is it not a skiff? Wikipedia even lists the 29'er as an example, among others, of a sailing skiff.
It's probably an australian thing. Unless you can trace a direct lineage down from the early harbour freighties and need to be manned by real, hard, tough men, with scars, it is not a skiff <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
