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Do Different 
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 Topic: Ovington LaserPosted: 21 Jul 21 at 5:10pm |
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I agree Rupert.
Doesn't look pretty to me as an outsider, but then maybe it doesn't need to.
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Grumpycat
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Posted: 21 Jul 21 at 5:32pm |
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It’s will only be a problem if LPE sell loads of boats .
And there is no sign of that .Lots of talk from them but no action. They are selling in tiny numbers even thought they are nearly giving them away . All successful boats need a good class association and there is no sign of LPEs ‘ laser class ‘ being anything other than words on a web page .
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423zero
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Posted: 21 Jul 21 at 6:40pm |
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LP claim they have built and sold more 'Lasers' so far this year than all the single handers in the world added together! The winner in most battles is the one with the best production facilities.
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Robert
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JimC
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Posted: 21 Jul 21 at 7:42pm |
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To be frank if a LP press release told me the sky was blue I'd want independant verification.
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maxibuddah
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Posted: 22 Jul 21 at 8:31am |
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do the LPE boats get an allocated sail number? If so does it line up with the ones allocated to the ILCA? If not then there is an easy way to tell that your 'Laser' is not class legal, however I would think there will be unsuspecting people that buy one and then find out later. As for LPE not selling to individuals, they are through Sailing Chandlery
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Everything I say is my opinion, honest
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423zero
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Posted: 22 Jul 21 at 9:00am |
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Perhaps down the line there could be more ILCA's registered than have actually been built!!!
Would have thought there would be serious consequences for a company that deliberately lied in its adverts, plus ILCA would jump at the chance to rubbish LP. |
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eric_c
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Posted: 22 Jul 21 at 10:44am |
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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.
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davidyacht
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Posted: 22 Jul 21 at 12:51pm |
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Ponds in the North and South not good enough
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Happily living in the past
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eric_c
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Posted: 22 Jul 21 at 1:14pm |
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?
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Grumpycat
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Posted: 22 Jul 21 at 5:01pm |
If that’s true about production facilities , LPE have already lost . No way they can compare with Ovington, Devoti , PSA, PSJ, and the four or five other manufacturers ILCA now have on side . Edited by Grumpycat - 22 Jul 21 at 5:14pm |
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