The Laser EPS

If you are looking at an EPS, check the wing mount tracks. They suffer from "49eritis", and over time the tracks will loosen off, which will be also dependant on usuage. As the tracks loosen, the nuts locking the screws in place wind themselves off. The more play in the wings, the worse the problem, until the nuts have eventually worked themselves off the screw thread and the wings literally fall off. Not too much a problem if you are confident about cutting your deck open to secure the tracks back in place, as its the only way to bolt them back on, but is a bit of a hassle if you don't know what your doing.

I've sailed one twice.  Once in the light and once in middling, both time inland.  Nice boat, viceless, fast and planes to windward.  A fine bow slices along nicely but a broad flat aft section gives stability if you move your weight back - so good for gybing.  Difficult not to drag the stern when tacking and the cockpit is very wet in any sort of chop since it sloshes in the sides due to the low freeboard under the wings.  I'm intrigued to know whether it pays to run deep or go for speed downwind but I haven't sailed it enough to form an opinion.  At least with the novel rig which can be over-rotated like a Laser you have a choice.  Nicely put together too and a very easy to read the sail - altogether a feeling of quality. And this is the reason for poor sales as I understand - it was too expensive.

Other fine boat with similar performance are the more tippy 300 and the Blaze which looks like the favorite for strong winds, and then there is the Phantom which seems to have become popular in spite of the price.