laser and there prices.

wow i have just looked at the laser spares site and the price of a 4k main has gone up from £750 to 772,  jib £335 to 345,  spinni £640 to 659

now that isnt just a little increase it is massive they are over priced anyway.  talk about pulling my pants down and  me.  it is just mad.    its not even like the sails have got better. 

Originally posted by carshalton fc wow i have just looked at the laser spares site and the price of a 4k main has gone up from £750 to 772,  jib £335 to 345,  spinni £640 to 659 now that isnt just a little increase it is massive they are over priced anyway.  talk about pulling my pants down and  me.  it is just mad.    its not even like the sails have got better.

 

Why is that so shocking a price rise ?

It is about 3%.  Would not have a problem with that given the current rate of inflation.

I think all that can be said here is:

I can confirm the Laser 1 training sails are good and of good quality. We have a number of people who use them for c;ub racing (we have bent the class rules a bit). One of the aims of the club I am in is to keep sailing affordable, allowing the use of non-standard sails is one of the best ways of doing it. Of course for Opens everyone has to use a genuine class legal sail.

(One of the other reasons for changing class - Laser 1 mainsail around £400 for a bedsheet, Blaze mainsail around £450 for a good quality laminate sail....enough said).

As for there being an arms race in Phantoms I disagree, you always get that with multiple sail makers in a class and they tend to rotate round, just the benefit of having several sailmakers, you do get a choice when you buy (and the sails are continually developed).

Paul

With laser you also find that there are hiden prices aswell just watch out for them.