Laser Whinging Thread

When I was 15, I was lucky enough to be bought a laser, which I wanted because everyone else that age at the club had one.  In our club racing we had each other to race against, even if everyone else had disappeared into the distance.  Over the next few years, this group of people stopped sailing the laser, most of them sailing altogether.  I'm sure this will sound familiar to a few others.  

Since the laser I have sailed several different boats, all more enjoyable purely as a boat to sail.  I shall not be going back to the laser, but I do miss the boat that I could race in any wind, and always have a group of similar boats to race against.  In 5 years I broke 1 mast, which took less than a week to have replaced under insurance.  There is only really one fleet of boats at my club now, which just wouldn't work for me.  Every boat I have owned since, has been the only one racing at the club.  They have all been enjoyable to sail, but less so to race, and they have all fallen apart on a regular basis.

The laser is a world away from being a perfect boat, but provided me, and I bet many others, with some enjoyable racing.