Cartoppable Sailing Dinghy w/ Jib

[thesnort]

OK, I'd appreciate your ideas on a lightweight cartoppable sailboat that has a jib. If I lived in England, I'd buy a used Tinker Traveller, but I'm in coastal California and these are rare out here. The Walker Bay with the high performance sail kit is one of the few I can think of that I can obtain out here. What else is there?
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
I just want to be able to drag something to the beach and take off from there and I want a jib for upwind sailing and general practice.

[uspirate]

I would probably go with something like this Vanguard
http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...oat_id=1484448

[Giulietta]

What's a cartoppable sailboat?

[thesnort]

Thanks, pirate!
A small lightweight sailboat you can put on a roof rack on top of your car that takes no more than two people to lift into place and then take off when you get to your water destination.

[Valiente]

Originally Posted by Giulietta

What's a cartoppable sailboat?

Alex, you must know by now that if a word doesn't exist in English to convey an idea, we just jam two smaller words together! (That's how you can tell that English is the bastard of German! )

[Giulietta]

Thesnort..

damnconfusingable...

I got it car-top-able.

well what about a Snipe or a Vaurien??

[camaraderie]

How about one of these:
55 lbs and $1200 bucks. http://www.castlecraft.com/sea_skimmer.htm
It works in the water too!

[Giulietta]

The guy did specify a boat...not a lawn ornament..

What abot a Fireball, or a Mirror or a Laser 2???

[Sailormann]

http://www.laser2sailing.org/

[GeorgeB]

If you are living in California, you ought to be getting an El Toro. And if you are a Bay sailor, than nothing else than a Pelican will do.