Ovington Laser

The inkjet cartridge pricing model makes massive sense in a class like a laser, and there can be little doubt that the markup on things like sails and spars in percentage terms must have been significantly larger than on the hull.

Going forward LPE are not going to have that boost and you wonder how sustainable their price for the boat can be? 

If non sustainable they will not survive - conversally if  'alternatives' are blatantly over-priced ditto for that version.  The model that LPE are likely to pursue is of  'excellent value' and go for club level and institutional volume sales.  The ILCA model no doubt will stress their 'circus' credentials - after all something like £3k extra is 'well worth it' surely ?!  However if in the next decade sailing gets dropped from the Olympics or possibly the ILCA boat gets replaced while sailing is retained it is doomed.   Personally I'd lean in the direction of the volume model that is less vulnerable to critical decisons made by other organisations.   So if ILCA prices start getting discounted you can draw your own conclusions as to exactly how their commercial model and sentiment are developing !!

TBF I don't think anybody entering a LPE Laser is going to be claiming it is an ILCA. I'll be interesting to see if the RYA asks clubs to distinguish between Laser/ILCA and LPE Laser in the returns.