Jake has designed and made molds for a US 1 Meter. Very cool boat! The class is a bit on the pricey side if you are not going to make your own. Even then I think the Jake would tell you that it is not cheap.

I was trying to find a boat to introduce to our Yacht Club about 2 years ago. I was considering the CR914 when I found the Nirvana II. CR914 is about 36 inches and sailed by the San Diego Yacht Club. I was thinking it would be nice to have inter-Yacht Club challenges. The price of $800 to $1000 was a bit much for the guys at my club. The Nirvanas were about $200. At 32 Inches I was not sure they would sail like anything other than a cork. I was assured that they sailed almost as well at the CR914s with an added advantage of being able to take the mast off easily for transport.

Before I knew it I had orders of 26 boats. No one had sailed one or even seen them, other than pictures. At such a reasonable price it was easy to build a fleet. They actually do sail well. We have a lot of serious one-design sailboat racers at our club Alamitos Bay Yacht Club and they are all pleased with the performance and the one-design aspect of the boat.

We now have a 96 boat fleet at the club. It has to be good or it would not be popular. The best, probably not, but a solid sailing and racing boat. Also really easy to maintain.