I had a 28' Winthrop Warner (wooden, 9 tons-1935 vintage) staysail cutter for a few years but found the maintenance too time consuming and expensiv so I bought a new Island 17 sloop and sailed it for about 25 years, It was great for the children to learn how to sail. We later found a mini-ocean racer an Able Poitin 24 which was a wonderful day sailor as Pi got on in years. then I started restoring a small catboat class known as the WoodPussy and attempted to generate Interest in racing these little 13 1/2 ' beauties. But the class didn't want to be awakened. I'm trying again thi syear. Take a look at the class website where I've made a lot of web postings [groups.yahoo.com]
Last week I found a 12' sailing dinghy know as a "Skimmar" and will restore it r=for my grandchildren this year. It looks like it will be a fun boat. It's sloop rigged but I can't locate much information about this class.
The boat was made by Aero Nautical Inc Ct., but there isn't much published about the class.
Regards,
Tony

Have you checked undere Skimmer sailboat in Google... you'll find information.

The manufacturer's site is [www.castlecraft.com]