Lasers

Originally posted by eric_c [---] You try building them for significantly less]

Not that difficult if production were taken offshore, bear in mind I was quickly prevented from importing Laser sails by your little industry 'cartel', landing them here for $25.0 US, not so long ago, and those hulls,no more than $300 a pop, maximum, the rest of the bits? $50.00 all you need are sensible MOQ's (minimum order quantitys) probably as low as 1-200 pcs.

Fact is y'all have all been soaked for years by probably the biggest margin product in the business, those moulds must have been homologated twenty times over.

I don't doubt that Ovis costs are higher, but 6 grand? They're having a ball or their order book is way too thin.

Nobody has answered the mast question is it all carbon now or not, makes a big difference to cost I imagine?

Edited by iGRF - 01 Feb 22 at 12:31am

Originally posted by iGRF Not that difficult if production were taken offshore,... and those hulls, no more than $300 a pop, maximum, the rest of the bits? $50.00 all you need are sensible MOQ's (minimum order quantitys) probably as low as 1-200 pcs.

So what are you saying you wouldn't want an entry level Laser for £1500?

No don't tell me, it might devalue your Class Association boat.

And there we have it in a nutshell the stupidity of a Class lead sport denying mass entry because of petty protectionism, whilst wondering why their sport is dying?

Can't really write this stuff really can you, nor make it up?

Edited by iGRF - 01 Feb 22 at 10:07am

Originally posted by eric_c . If you can actually contribute anything regarding cheap things that float, I'm in the market for a two person sit on kayak. Must be a fair market for those, but at £600 upwards for a rotomoulding, they look poor value to me. Used ones even worse value with abrasions and UV damage.

Regretably no longer, my days of kayaks are thankfully well and truly behind me, if you can find a 2nd hand Point 65 'Tequila' I think it was called, they were fair value when I was distributing them, and have the bonus of conversion from single to double hander, but I guess like everything else of late they're exploring astronomy in pricing these days.

I have got the 'Mojito' well made French sit on top, OK for off the beach stuff, long distance, no way, it doesn't glide, the second you stop paddling, it's has though you are trailing a net.