Ovington Laser

Originally posted by Late starter At club level £3.5k for an LPE replica is interesting but personally I don't think I could overlook the ethics of sailing a counterfeit.

Sailing a counterfeit?
So you don't worry at all about the 'ethics' of World Sailing in all this?
I thought the common feeling about WS is that they're right up there with FIFA on the 'ethics' front, and even from reading this thread, it's fairly obvious not all is right given the reaction from the Italians (not that I'm holding italians up as the last bastion of ethics) when all you want is a nice familiar little boat that lots of others sail to race around your local puddle on a sunday morning?
Give me the counterfeit and knowing what I do know about the machinations and corruption at the top level of sailing governance down the years, my conscience will be clear as crystal.

How are LPE numbering their Lasers? The can't be consecutive with the last "World Sailing approved' Lasers as they would them be sharing numbers with the first ILCA dinghies...

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 06 Oct 20 at 11:50am

The market will decide if  ILCA/Laser 'Siamese twins' will both prosper, one will kill the other or both will die given enough rope and a few years. 

 

The fact that this dysfunctional family have wasted so much time, money, and drive while boring the pants off the rest of the world with their soap opera drama has hardly helped their collective cause (or is that non-collective causes ?).  Did nobody propose a reconciliation effort might just have be best for all concerned at any point ?

 

Place your bets now Ladies and Gentlemen, choose your favourite snacks and refreshments, settle down in your favourite seating - this box set still has some way to run yet !!  (Try not to fall asleep though)   Still think it looks like an argument between two pugnacious ‘crusties’ who have forgotten exactly how tenuous their hold really is in this market.  No supplier in any market has an absolute right to survive - and it is time to stop behaving as if there were, however hard.

Interesting points raised about sales numbers and laser supply problems. 

Unfortunately sales figures don't back him up, even through their worst crisis they were outselling Aero by a substantial amount, no way it isn't going to improve.

Edited by 423zero - 06 Oct 20 at 8:04am