Like many other skippers, I have lost my "racing" crew.
My wife, who raced for many years on cats before we met and after our marriage, can no longer race. The abuse she has subjected her knees to by being an extreme athlete over the years is now rearing it's head. She will be no longer be able to "move about on the tramp" like she used to.

Knowing my love for racing, she has suggested selling our P19MX and purchasing a cat that I can race single-handed. I have raced the Prindle single-handed, but I take a beating on the numbers.

I am looking for suggestions on buying a cat that I can single-hand race, but can also be used to take my wife out day sailing. The problem being is that I work out fairly hard and weigh 210 and am 6'2''. My wife is 5'8" and is an athletic 140 pounds. Boy, that seems like a hard bill to fill!!

Suggestions so far have included a Nacra 5.5 and a Taipan 4.9. I have not sailed on either boat and realize that coming off a 19 ft. boat will probably be a shock. I certainly want to have a spinnaker option.

Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave