The past couple of weeks I have been looking for a sailboat to purchase. Last year, as you probably know, New Orleans was hit and, along with the devastation, the boat crew I raced with broke up seeing as there boat was in about 70 pieces in the harbor. My dad, I’m 17, was transferred and I am stuck here hoping the crew will get back together. Unfortunately, it looks like it might not, so here I am, clueless on smaller sailboats. The laser looks like the premium small sailboat but my wallet is a little thin at the moment (5.85 an hour will do that to you). I can reach to around 900 so I was wondering, not finding a Laser in that range, is there another boat that would be suitable? If so which kind? I've seen sunfishes and Force 5's all over the place and almost jumped at a couple of them but I thought I might want to get advice first. If, as it seems, the Laser is the only boat to sail then i'll wait and, with luck, find one. Anything would be appreciated.