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    Posted: 06 Aug 18 at 5:44pm
Sounds nice Jeffers, not seen them.
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Originally posted by Rupert

Same reason Lasers are now all grey. Start line cheats.

You mean except the news ones that are ice blue.......  Wink
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Why not offer as a cost option? They are definitely selling fewer though.
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Originally posted by maxibuddah

Probably just cheaper to build one colour
Toppers are injection moulded, so I would guess it's much more sensible to run a few dozen of the same colour through the machine, then wait until you need another batch.
Colour choice soon starts to imply building to order.


And i guess they ain't selling the numbers they once were so why raise your costs by having to do more than one colour
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Originally posted by maxibuddah

Probably just cheaper to build one colour


Toppers are injection moulded, so I would guess it's much more sensible to run a few dozen of the same colour through the machine, then wait until you need another batch.
Colour choice soon starts to imply building to order.
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production / stock holding costs? 

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Probably just cheaper to build one colour
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Jaunty little boat, got something about it a bit like the Mirror
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Aug 18 at 8:17am
They had a very limited number of silver bottoms for some anniversary, I think all with purple tops.

They used to change the topside colour every 2/3 years with a sail to match. In my last year of sailing them it was dark blue (before that turquoise). 

They gave out all white sails with a red or blue trim for nationwide circuit winners one year, and they were popular so did a run of them, but I think they went against some class rule / specification so were pretty short lived.   

They got rid of the secondary colour options when I was coaching them, which was particularity annoying as it made it pretty hard to pick out who was who! 

RS200s have gone the same way as well, I think I have one of the last wedgewood blue ones, then they did a run of light blue after that, then now all are grey mist. 




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All the colourful, cheerful people have dropped out of sailing? You could be on to something there.  

I just think the old raspberry and light blue hulls (and associated white, grey, pink, pale blue sails) look better than the red.
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