I have tried to find the perfect boat but have not. At present this is where I am.
It is an old Tiger Shark twin trap 18' boat the rig of which I have cut down by five feet for one man use.
Boat weighs 110 kilos, mast is only 25 feet and easy to put up and down solo and beats an H17 square top on all points of sail and I am not even trapping on it yet!....have not found other, faster boats to test it against yet....am about to fit a code X hooter.
It is very happy to take a second person for cruising.
Sails are by Chip Buck, thank you Chip..they are great value.
I know it is not a class racer but it is fast, it is easy to move around and it is a blast and with the brand new sails it owes me under 2K and nobody wants to steal the mast! : )