Hi Julien
FD is a great boat, easily getting into gliding mode. A day trips are possible, but take into consideration that you have to mount the mast
and sails and that might take 30 - 45 minutes. And then remove it and prepare boat for transportation. So finding some place to store the boat with the mast up might be a good idea. Alternatively 2 days trips or longer are also fine.
Best place to buy a decent FD is at this website. You can find something on an eBay or Maarkplaz (Dutch) but typically those boats are not in a great shape. Also be aware that there is also a "tourist" version of the FD made by Mader side by side with racing version. Most (if not all) boats made by Mader offered by sailfd.de are racing boats. The tourist version has no spinnaker, mast which is very heavy and its weight is perhaps 300 kg. I would shy away from it.
Cheers
Pavel
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