Ex-laser 2000, now '2000'

Originally posted by SoggyBadger

Originally posted by SoggyBadger

Originally posted by ChrisJ

to go deep

What kind of f***ing monkey talk is that? "Going deep" is something submariners might do. Surface craft generally try to avoid it. 

I personally think it looks like a great boat, it has held its own against the 200 which to me seems a better racing class, but then i have never done an event in a 2000! 
I think it has survived well all these years under Laser (or whatever they chose to call themselves these days) and has had good turn outs. 
It is perhaps an overlooked class, it is not something i would have considered to be honest, but then i probably do not fall into the target market. 

I think it lacks the jazz of say the RS classes, but i believe that is probably down to marketing. Get LDC pumping in the glossy images etc and i think the class will just get stronger. In an ideal world it would be brought up to date with the change, sort out the niggles described above, make it look less of a training boat and more of a racer.......the class wil probably disagree and waffle on about how good the sails are etc, but to hell with it. 

Theres a shed load of them kicking about, more than i realised, seems to me they need a big drive to get those boats active and at the nationals! theres a load of 200 uni sailors that have naff all better to do all summer than go to another nat champs, pair them up with boats, get them to the nationals, get the numbers up, get the class appeal up, sell more boats!!!

The only issue is; is the boat direct competition to the 200 and even the 400?

Edit by Mark to remove offensive remark

Edited by Mark Jardine - 17 Jan 13 at 12:41pm