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    Posted: 16 Jan 13 at 9:16am
Originally posted by Ian29937

I understand the 2000 class association aren't keen to join in the RS Association events at the moment.
 
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The 2000 class always prefer to hold events at club which have a good 2K fleet and always prefer to have single class events.  So it is unlikely that we will join in with RS association events.
 
There are only two multiclass events on the calendar this year and those are at large reservoirs where it is expensive/hard to get single class events.
 
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Originally posted by RS400atC

The 2000 CA seems to provide an awful lot of events for a £15 sub.
Compared with our schedule and sub....
 
But they probably have to do all the admin themselves whereas the RS Association have a number of paid elves to arrange what the individual classes want...
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Yes - some 150 boats in the year of launch 1998
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Chris i think you will find the boats 14 yrs old as mine (2356)was built and sold at sothampton boat show in 99 as i have the bill at home with all the paperwork from the first owner so glad it was never used 10 times before i bought it Smile
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Latest boat numbers, APPROX: 22370. I.e. 2370 sold since launch in approx. 12 years (the first 2 indicates its a 2000).
The Class Association wants to stay separate from the RS Associations - but that does NOT mean the class wont join in with some of the RS events! In the past, the Laser2000 was part of the Laser circuit, and often had joint events with 4000, 5000, Vortex, Vago, etc. These events are likely to continue, and some joint events with RS classes might come along as well.
All in all, with anywhere between 25 and 35 boats at the Millennium Series meetings last year, and 50-70 boats at the Nationals for the past 5 or 6 years, and a 3rd place at the Endeavour in 2012... Things are looking great for the future of the 2000 class

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When deciding  how many boats have been sold, remember they started at sail number2000, and then jumped to 20000 rather than having sail numbers over 2999.

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Originally posted by RS400atC

The 2000 CA seems to provide an awful lot of events for a £15 sub.
Compared with our schedule and sub....
Exactly what I thought. I did a race in a 2K during the summer and so had to join the CA. 15 quid and I've had a couple of magazines come too!
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The 2000 CA seems to provide an awful lot of events for a £15 sub.
Compared with our schedule and sub....
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I didn't realise they'd sold as many as 2200 boats.
How many are in the UK?
Where else are they found, and does this fit in with RS trying to sell more boats like 400's abroad?
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One of the strengths of the class is the class association, it is extremely well run and the fleet is terrific to race in. Not only that if you want to sail in a big fleet then 2000 is the class. (seems to be the new name looking at the CA site). I've sailed in both fleets (not recently), they are quite a bit different. If they stay separate it's no slight on RS, they are just different.
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