New Laser Performance Boat?

https://www.laserperformance.global/products/portstar-medium

Deeper cockpit than EPS, looks well made.

What's the screen?   

Had a long chat with two or three members of the team including the designer. They have their eye on the Olympics to fill the hole left by the Finn.

The hull weight is 36 kgs, all up 55kg on the water. It's £7800.00, delivery this side of four months had a chat with them regarding duty and delivery over here, given it's made in Portugal, everything, then there are no dutys to apply under the Brexit deal as its EC preferential origin. Even the sail is portugese built.

Why fully battened? For longevity, they have a bit of a thing about having to use two or three Laser sails to race a season at top level. This sail will last at least a full race season and for us recreational and club types longer still.

The racks are cork, the mast boom all carbon, all built in Portugal, The mast is set quite a way aft, so no nosediving even with that wave piercing bow.

The three of us from our club all rate it, if I hadn't just bought that Contender I'd have put a deposit down on the day, I've fully changed my mind about it after listening to the guys The sail is 8.5 sq mtr, it's 410 so longer than an Aero, the big sail isn't stupid big, the underside isn't to rock n rolly if you can sail any of the current singlehanders the designer reckons you'll slide effortlessly into the Pornstar with ease and that boat for that money compared to some of the pricing a that show, seems reasonable to me.

Edited by iGRF - 27 Feb 22 at 7:45pm