Trying to choose a boat??

Just remember that pointing and good upwind speed do not necessarily go hand in hand.

I always found in the Blaze that i could easily beat Lasers upwind and whilst I could not point as high the lift effect i got from the foils more than compensated for this. Plus in a blow you can just sit there and chill out whilst they all grimace and struggle whilst you plane past (upwind).

As I have already said the only thing a Blaze does not like it lots of tacking. Give it a bit of space to stretch it's legs and you will leave Lasers for dead and harass tha Phantoms all the way round.