Originally Posted by samc99us

F16, pick your flavor.


Not just any F16 flavor. It's damn hard to find a Viper or Falcon for less than $10K with trailer and beach wheels. Blades and Taipans fit. The latter is what I ended up buying.

The Nacra 500 comes close (although its a bit too slow 1-up,) and the Topcat K2 is good choice. Both are quite a bit heaver than a Blade or Taipan though. I was keeping an eye out for all four with a preference for the F16 choices.

I also came close to buying a Mystere 5.0xl (though not well suited for 1-up sailing,) but the boat I found was in too bad of condition for the asking price.

The F16 haters can hate all they want, but if they can't find a boat that better fits me, I'm not interested.

Last edited by daniel_t; 02/13/12 05:50 PM.

Daniel T.
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