Who was out this weekend?.....

I apologise if I have insulted you on personal level, but I still think lasers are rubbish.

oh my god this is exactly why people used to bash cherubs

Seconded  I wouldn't bother with the reef if you sail on a lake unless your fairly light. You need the power in the lulls and when it drops off. Plus the cunno, kicker and outhall depower the sail quite nicely in my opinion. On the other hand it could be good to reef whilst you get used to the boat. Then again i'm sure the boat handels very differently with the reef in?  Anyone had any experiance with and without the reef?

Ross stop the class bashing. Yes i sail Cherubs and theres many reasons why, what yourself and possiblya few others dont realise is yes:
1) I used to sail laser radials (with in my opinion very good national series results)
2) Although at club level (small un competitive fleets) sailing a laser may seem boring, try racing one in a fleet of over 100 boats at a nationals or qualifier event, where you get 4 or 5 rows of boats fighting for a good start and seriously close and tactical racing in often challenging conditions (memories of strong winds and huge waves outside the plymouth sound or strong tides at felixtowe)
3) I actually keep toying with the idea of buying another radial for racing in the qualifier series as i enjoyed the standard of racing so much.

I recomend that before you try a class you bash it, sail a season in a radial (your definatly not heavy enough to be quick in a full rig), sail the qualifier series and the nationals and see how you rank. Then  give your opinions of the class