I was going to offer a Melonseed as a possibility, until I read the bit about sitting on seats! Still, you might want to entertain the idea. Gorgeous hull, amazingly seaworthy, planes downwind, sets up in minutes, rows well, and all spars stow inside... Oh, have the resources for a fleet of small boats! Cheers, Steve Tyree, P-15 In a message dated 8/15/2004 9:39:22 AM Central Standard Time, chonshell@ia4u.net writes: My thoughts exactly, as owner of an M17 and 1/3 partner in a PS Flicka . . . However, I actually want to go smaller: Get out of the Flicka partnership, and acquire a small open classic daysailor that is easy to launch, retrieve and singlehand on smaller lakes . . . However, not a dinghy, but a boat in which one sits on benches, rather than floorboards . . .