[quote=stumble]I absolutely would not buy a new A-Cat if it's your first one. Get a good condition C-Board boat and spend some time learning how to sail it. All the new boats are full foiling designs and require serious skills to handle let alone learn on.
Of the ones for sale on usaca.com I would snatch Mike Krantz Geltec up in a heartbeat. It is in mint condition, and I would be willing to bet he would cut you a deal on all the Zhik gear you can stomach as an incintive (he is the Zhik distributor for the US).
If you want some more suggestions I can ask around the class and see if anyone has some recomendations. I don't know the other C board boats personally however.
As for weight... At 220 you will be on the heavy end of the class, but not excessively so. I was 225 when I started sailing it and am down to 210 now. Something about knowing every pound helps performance is a pretty big motivator to loose some of that extra gut. The trick is that since the boats are a development class there is no limitation on the cut of the sails. So you buy a slightly deeper draft sail than someone who is 150lbs. Looking around the boat park the average is probably 185-195 so you aren't that far out of the range.
Worst case you fly a hull at 11kn of breeze instead of 10kn.[/quote]
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