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    Posted: 27 Jan 06 at 9:05am
Originally posted by Contender 541

I would have to agree with turnturtle (makes a change )

I got back into sailing after an 18 year layoff and what did I buy?  A laser.  It cost me £900 and I had a very enjoyable 12 months in all weathers and temperatures.  I then had a slightly frustrating 6 months where I was only enjoying myself when everyone else was going back in because it was too windy (I am 6' and 15+ stone)

So I sold the laser (£900) bought 541 and have sailed her twice and done a lot of swimming!!

 

Buy the laser join a club and go sailing for 12 months and then decide what you want to do, as you will probably not loose much if any money on the laser once you decide to upgrade



Hear hear to that, my first Laser was £500, I sold it for pretty much the same 2 years later, that not bad going in anyones book!
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I was in a similar position in the mid 90's when I came back into sailing after a 10 year lay off. The number of new classes around at that time seemed incredible, but I decided to stick with a class I knew and I bought an old Laser for £500. I sailed it most sundays for 5 seasons then sold it for £400. Once I'd got a 2nd hand sail off one of the top guys I was half competitive at club level.  It never came home from the club in all that time too,  so from a cost as well as maintenance point of view a decent older Laser is one of sailings real bargains.
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Does anyone think that the people on the Running casts thread would like to know all about this......Oh hold on we are talking about SMODS that are more than  months old.  That would be the real world then

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well all you have to do to a laser to increase the price is buy a laser that hasnt got a xd kit on it then you have at least uped the price by around 500 and it will only cost u 300   could be a good way of making money on the side.

 
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well u got to know were you priorites lie.  
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Originally posted by turnturtle









 

How old is that pic.  Look at the size of that phone....and Michael Douglas still has the Mk1 face

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1987 !!!

 I was a sweet, innocent 20 year-old

How fast things have changed

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year i was born that was lol  

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Originally posted by stuarthop

year i was born that was lol  

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