Ovington Laser

It is still a Laser ..whatever the current badge of commercial convenience.  It is still made from polyester, it still is single skin layup, and is still very similar to the ones we first bought back in the 70's.. Yes - whoever makes it now or made it in the past.  Nothing wrong with that back in the day  .... or is it is being suggested / implied  that the 'new' ones are somehow superior enough to brag about and to justify the cost....Now that is much more likely to worry many of us !

Originally posted by davidyacht Ponds in the North and South not good enough

Ponds in the North too far away to go looking at old Lasers.

Not so many pond clubs in the South and a lot of the Lasers turn out to have had a hard early life in squads and suchlike.

Maybe the market will be a little more liquid later in the year?

I assume the UK has been pretty much starved of new Lasers for a couple of years now?

As it happens, I'm kind of in the market for a 'Laser' at the moment.

You get to the point where the mileage on your car is higher than your Laser's sail number, it's time to change one or both.

I mostly race in a PY free-for-all, but there's usually a good 'race within a race' among quasi-Lasers.

Used boats which would be a sensible upgrade to mine are in short supply. The four grand brand new option starts to look tempting. OTOH, getting a brand new boat scratched on the beach would be annoying and I really can't face that 'toilet blue' colour of the new boats...

Best option seems to hunt for an old boat that's lived quietly on a pond in the Midlands.