just adding to that, whats the difference between a laser 2 and a Laser 2 Regatta?

cheers

The original design for the laser 2 had no spinnaker, then the regatta was designed with the conventional spinaker, then laser uk invernted the laser 2 fun which had a bodged bowsprit bolted to the foredeck and an asymmetric.  This was then superseeded by the 3000 which is the same hull but a different deck.  As for getting hold of bits, i doubt laser will have any knocking about, you could steal them of a dead one, or bodge your own.  hopefully someone will know where another one is so you can work out what you need. 

laser 2 was the first, with conventional kite, with bags, and had coloured sails. The laser 2 regatta was a development mainly for the british sailors, where sails become white (remember the phrase.. racing sails are white!) and the kite bags were dispensed in favour of a spinnaker chute.

Not sure about fun etc

The Laser fun is a 2 with assymetric and not too sure but maybe cut back sails. The World's boat was a special edition of the boat which I think had anodised blue spars, and lots of lovely nice bits but still the same as the original boat, just aesthetically different.

I had a 2 reggatta "accent", which was a lovely boat.......

as you are only sailing the boat at club leave you could make your own spinni sytem and have the kite size that you want!!    hope you sort it out soon!!

Bloke at my club with a laser fun (no kite version) had his own bowsprit system rigged up by a fab shop (stainless tubes one sliding inside the other) and bought a 3k kite to fly on it.  It ain't pretty but it works.

He may still have the designs if you're really interested.

Or just buy a 3k .......

PS: haven't we all had this conversation before ???

One loop means that the kite fills the whole of the boat when its dropped, two means that the kite won't go into the chute in the first place.  Its a bit of a catch22 situation.

The most valuble piece of equipment on the L2 is the loop of wire on the bow!

Are you on about the metal loops on the mast for holding the pole or the ones at the front because I was on about the mast fitments. We decided to rip our bow catcher off because it usually caused more hassle than good and if you're dropping quickly, doesn't really matter about running down the kite appart from light winds when its not worth putting it up.

They are fantastic boats - luvley on a three sail reach as someone already said.

Hi, having migrated to a Cat i've a few L2 bits kicking about, including a nearly new (white) kite if you are interested.

8471, good old SQWONK!!!

Last i saw, it had converted its spinny pole into a torpedo

Think it was ian, aiming at the caravan park.

Was was the full list of replacement items on the boat?

I got a spinny pole in the eye at uni, crew was a bit overeager to drop the kite.  Same day i almost ripped a finger off on the shroud, not a pleasant day, that was the last time i sailed one!

Replacement list for the 2- one kite, one kite pole, one rudder and stock, one tiller, a few extensions, countless ammounts of blocks and the Laser Centre put a new mast on her when we swapped her for the 5000. We also out of her free will put a few new sails on her and replaced all the ropes, the hull was still immaculate though. She was one seriously sorted boat and I still miss her We only put a new mast on the 5000 and she was sorted when we sold her. The 49er has only needed a daggerboard due to a crew landing on it.

Saying that though we did really hammer the two over 4 years, remember going three sail reaching over taking 505s and the spreaders ripping off, not a nice experience and we were really screaming at that regatta till that point......gutted