RS700 vs Vortex

hi all. long time since i posted, hopefully you wont hold that against me as i could do with some advice,

i'm fed up with the laser and wanting something faster,

the requirements were

• Faster then laser
• Singelhanded
• Trapeze
• spiniker

so after looking about for a while ive managed to get it down to two, the laser vortex and the RS700,

To me the RS700 looks amazing, it would be signicantly more brass then the vortex and be harder to sail, although i don't mind a challange i'd be worried that in the windy stuff i'd end up staying on shore.

i'd be sailing the boat which ever it may be on grimwith resoviour (yorkshire dales sc)

they have more vortexs at that club then anywhere i can think of; and only 1 or 2 700's though i aint too bothered about fleets as handicap racing is just as fun,

what are the proformances like, has anyone sailed boat? or either?

then theres running costs, the vortex would be allot cheaper to buy replacement parts for as well as insuring the  700 insurance quotes are mad.

any thought would be greatly appriciated, ive done a search of the forum but there isn't a comparison between the two, its all RS700/MPS etc.

Cheers
Jon  

Controversial....

Just playing devils advocate here.

But other classes in Britain which are equally similiar seem to co-exist quite happily. Why should it be any different for the 700/MPS?

The Finn and the Phantom, the Supernova and the Blaze, for instance.

National 12/Firefly, Merlin/MRX/Scorpion/Lark, Leader/GP14/Kestrel/Wanderer/Bosun, 470/Fireball/Hornet Enterprise/Albacore, lots more... I submit that its probably harder to think of a class that doesn'thave a close competitor until you hit the extremes