Howdy gang,

I've recently decided to pursue an interest in owning a sailboat. I used to sail a small dinghy when I was younger.... and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Some friends drug me down to Kemah a few weeks ago, and it wasn't any fun to watch them go by! heheh...

Anyhow, I've done some reading and everything seems to be biased towards keelboats. However, I think a cat might be a good fit. I'm looking for thoughts and feedback about it.

Usage:

1. Day sail in clear lake, lake houston, galveston bay area... perhaps Lake Travis on occassion.

2. Should be able to run singlehanded or doublehanded and would be nice to be able to drag along another friend once in a while. i.e. mostly self and a friend would go sailing but I wouldn't mind being able to drag a third friend along in non-performance mode.



3. Must be able to be towed by Jeep wrangler



From what I can tell the keelboats don't look like as much fun. I also have concluded that I should be looking at a cat in the 16 to 18 foot range.



So here's what I would like to find out:

1. Is a cat more suitable for my goals then a dinghy or small keelboat?

2. Does any of this not make sense?

3. Any good books on cats that anyone can recommend? I read the fleet 23 book but it wasn't terribly interesting... (sorry)

4. I thought about looking for a cat that needed some TLC.... is this a good idea? (i'm very handy with projects and don't mind a project). Where are the best places to look for used cats?

Thanks,

Brian