Laser radial sail price

Thus replica Blaze sails can't carry the 'Blaze' logo but, as long as they don't there's nowt the CA or builder can do to stop another sailmaker making them. · Originally posted by 423zero

When we used to race our 'One Design Class' Boards in the Open class, the Class Legal sail was often substituted for a local built sail, so such a sail built locally to the Open class measurements which would be different to the class would often carry say an M logo, now it would be a very foolish manufacturer to attempt or threaten legal action to prevent that use, indeed to my memory it was never tested.Handicap racing  I see as the equivalent to our Open class, without the measurement restrictions of course, so I can see nothing any dinghy class could do to stop any of us using local built sails with the class insignia if we so wish. Certainly that outfit could not be used in class events, but what we do locally or even at handicap affairs is no one elses business other than our own and I fail to see any legal precedent that would be broken. Copywrite even, only just applies if someone is attempting to profit from it's use, so provided the owner alone sticks on a logo and the sails are not marketed as that classes sail it's not going to stand and the cost of such a case would be beyond the sensible pursuit from the confines of the balance sheets of most of the sailing company I've ever studied here in the UK.

No I'm sorry if they wish to continue making ludicrously high margins from sails then they can only reap the backlash, full laser sails could be landed duty paid for 50 USD not so long ago when I looked it it with one of my then suppliers of windsurfing sails they are silly cheap to build and as for my own class I'm going to have a full technora or similar membrane sail built for half the price of the rubbish it comes with and I will enjoy sailing the boat the more as a result, that is their problem not mine.

Edited by G.R.F. - 17 Apr 17 at 7:29pm