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    Posted: 10 Jan 12 at 4:05pm
Originally posted by Ginge

Fair point, but nearly everyone learns in them and then goes into bigger and better things


yep- with any luck they get out while they can.
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Yeah but still, laser sailing is better than no sailing
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not for everyone. for some laser sailing leads to no sailing... but I digress, the Vortex, yep, great boat; interestingly enough on the list of nasties I gave it, the first line of defence was to challenge an assertion it was 'too northern'... go figure.

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Eh? Don't get you?
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you're not supposed to... clever innit
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Erm I suppose... But it seems like a clever way of covering a cock up to me? ;)
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I heard the best way to cover a cock up was to chop the moulds up... exactly what did LPE do with the Vortex originals?
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Thanks for bringing up Jon's moment. I did the footage some years ago, I had to stop the tape as i couldn't stop laughing. Makes me laugh every time i see it.
ref the moulds. Laser kept promising them to the vortex class but had to have a big clear out with the new buyers coming to visit. That's what they say. More like they didn't want the new Vortex class to better there name.
 
 
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Ha! im glad that video has surfaced again, i'd forgotten all about it. i reckon its terrys commentary that makes it funny.
 
Ginge: ive had 2 vortex's and now a laser the boats not for everyone but the guys who have one love them, borrow a boat and have a go, you've nothing to lose you'll either enjoy or be able to join in with everyone else sl*gging off what is a pretty good boat with a fantastic class association
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I knew a guy who traded his Laser in for a Vortex being sold the whole "speed of a cat, convienence of a monohull" stuff which was floating around at the time. Absolutely regretted it and came to the conclusion, speed of a mono with the handling of a cat, worst of both world. Went and bought a Dart and absolutely loves the thing now, so suppose every cloud has a silver lining.
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