I've been wanting to get a daysailer so that my wife and daughter and I can all go out together. (Cramming all 3 of us in the SF is a squeeze, and I wouldn't want to do it in anything but a light breeze). But this weekend I went motorboating with friends on a 16 mile long lake, beautiful day, nice stiff breeze. We saw innumerable motorboats, one antique yawl, and 3 sunfish on the water. Lost track of how many daysailers were sitting docked or moored - none of them were out sailing.
It got me wondering - was that just coincidence, or is it that it is just so much easier to go sailing whenever you want with a boat that can be rigged and launched in less than 5 minutes? Would I be better off getting a second sunfish (my wife can sail) , and taking the family out that way? Do you have a daysailer also, and do you find that you end up using it, or parking it in favor of the SF most of the time?
It got me wondering - was that just coincidence, or is it that it is just so much easier to go sailing whenever you want with a boat that can be rigged and launched in less than 5 minutes? Would I be better off getting a second sunfish (my wife can sail) , and taking the family out that way? Do you have a daysailer also, and do you find that you end up using it, or parking it in favor of the SF most of the time?