Laser 28 - Excellent example of this great design Hamble le rice |
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eric_c ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 21 Jan 18 Online Status: Offline Posts: 382 |
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Thanks for that. I spotted the 'Gul' logo and searched for reviews online. I had no idea they were in the plastic kayak game. Found the same thing for £350 or so at Gul's 'outlet'. Seems more like it! So I've ordered one.Only £6 for delivery too. Unfortunately a lot of reviews say Gul has gone downhill in terms of customer service having been taken over? The website doesn't make it clear whether paddles are included which is kind of a sign that whoever did the web page isn't a boating person. Ordred a cheap wetsuit whie I was at it.
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423zero ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
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That's a good deal.
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iGRF ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499 |
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Gul sadly is no more, it's just used by is it Mike Ashley Sport Direct? Whatever, just badge marketing for cheap Chinese products, which doesn't really matter in the plastic goat boat market they're not real things in terms of performance, just leisure pastime items. A sad end to a once good Brit Brand, ironic, I remember selling their wetsuits for £150 quid at the London Boat show in 1978-9 as we were switching Racing Sailboats over to London Windsurfing Centre. So the wetsuit was 150 quid, a Laser was around 600 quid then and you can still buy a wetsuit for that sort of money, yet the Laser? Bringing us nicely back on topic. Edited by iGRF - 02 Feb 22 at 2:01pm |
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eric_c ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 21 Jan 18 Online Status: Offline Posts: 382 |
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Since '78, the RPI has gone from 200 to 1200, but beer has gone from 30p a pint to about 4 quid? I don't know what my Dad earned in '78 but a new Laser was not something even contemplated.Only new boat in our family was a GRP kayak for my younger sister, which I think she still has. Doubt a LLPE hull will last 40 years somehow. Much as I dislike many features of the Laser, many people have attempted to build better boats for less money and produced things which are IMHO mostly worse. In the late 70s, wetsuits were still a luxury for many inland sailors, shorts and a 'waterproof' overall with a beer towel on the backside was the norm.
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eric_c ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 21 Jan 18 Online Status: Offline Posts: 382 |
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423zero ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
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I went and had a look, that small flying fish kayak looks OK for the kids 160 quid, seat and paddle.
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Demelza ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 01 Aug 21 Online Status: Offline Posts: 31 |
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Stick to the subject. if you want to discus Kayaks do it somewhere else !!
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H2 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Jul 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 750 |
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Sticking to the topic on Y&Y forums....yeah good luck with that
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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The subject was dead and buried in about 4 posts, as soon as you suggested fake plaques. Be grateful people are still posting under the heading, so you might get someone new finding it. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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iGRF ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499 |
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Found this scrabbling round my office looking for something else, Laser advert in Dinghy & Boardsailing June 1980, gone up a bit since 77 when I bought my first windsurfer for about £475 and I'm sure the Laser was about 650, but inflation back in the late seventys was rampant.
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