Laser Vago

Maybe I should add, I didn't want a trad/slow boat when I bought the Spice in 2007/8 but even if I had I doubt my wife would have been converted, she has sailed in the Spice once.... An L2k might have got her out a few more times but we now have a small RHIB (an old Avon Adventure 4.5 with a 50HP Johnson) that makes her (and me, on the right day) happy. I'd still like to think I'll have an nice Ent when I finally decide I'm too old for the Spice but maybe I'll need something with some ballast then........

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 31 Mar 17 at 10:53pm

TBF you can sail almost anything singlehanded (I sail the Spice solo in the light stuff, even with 38M2 off wind...... not in F3+ though). The L3K seems a nice boat to single hand, even off the wire, and it was on my shortlist back in 2007 when I was buying my first dinghy in 40 years. It probably might have been the better choice rather than the Spice but, at the time I was only shopping for one boat (I now, finally, have the Blaze) so wanted something that would keep me interested for a good while, and I wasn't having to cater for very young sailors. I haven't regretted the Spice but I do, very much, like my mates L3K too. Between us maybe we have the best of nearly all worlds?

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 31 Mar 17 at 10:34pm

Originally posted by Sam.Spoons L3K is a nice boat, a mate has one, we're a bit heavy for it but it's fun in a blow and more forgiving than the Spice. FRP is pretty low maintenance too so when you move on from the Vision you should still manage to remain married. A virtual beginner I know bought a L2 after a couple of years in a Swallow (of all things, horrid looking thing but it got him going) and he's doing well in it solo (without the kite) and with a novice crew so the hull form is not too tricky. There's a lot to be said for the trad classes too though (even if they are usually a bit heavier than the modern kit). I would love a decent FRP Ent (especially a new Mk3..... ) just a pure and simple nice boat.

Originally posted by Rupert Supersofa the newest in there? Suspect that will change as the Aero takes hold, but still a poor show from the millennium babies.

Poor show in terms of getting returns in.

Supersofa the newest in there?

Suspect that will change as the Aero takes hold, but still a poor show from the millennium babies.