The 5.0 is a nice two man boat. Good in rough weather and surf weighs about 10-20 kg. less then an H16 but that mast is long and heavy. I weigh 96kg. and needed about 32 liters of water (32kg.) to right my 5.0 off the lawn in front of my house. I got blown into the rocks off shore once because I couldn't get it righted in a timely manner. I’d recommend going to a lighter platform such as Mosquito, Taipan, paper tiger, F14, F16 etc.. The Wave (12ft) is a good resort boat but it’s so slow compared to the other cats, that for me, it’s not as interesting unless you have other waves to race against. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Last edited by Buccaneer; 04/16/07 08:38 PM.
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