[quote=samc99us]Lots of options, you have been recommended everything from more recreational beach cats to the Weta to the F16.
Personally if you are used to windsurfing speeds I would go for the F16 or A-Cat. Used they are the same or cheaper than the other new boats mentioned. You can probably shimmy them down your path as well, the A-Cat is 7' 6" wide, the F16 8' 2" wide compared with 11' 6" wide for a rigged Weta, though the collapsed Weta at 5' is a little easier to move and store.
Even with the updates the Weta isn't particularly fast in lighter conditions. Locally, a reasonably well sailed F16 or A would do 1.5-2 laps of the course relative to the Weta. If you lived in the Gorge and were looking for a fun boat to sail solo or 2 up in 15 kts+ of breeze consistently, I would happily recommend it, but that isn't your use case. Further, for the $14,000 cost of a new Weta, you can get into some pretty nice gently used F16's.
And yeah, I may be biased, a gentleman at the club has a pretty gently used relatively well maintained Viper F16 for sail in your price range.[/quote]
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