Under rated boats

Interesting the megabyte got picked up, as with the new rig I think the Byte is a cracking boat for lightweight helms.  All the annoying things about the laser solved (mostly!) a really nice rig, light weight to haul up the slip way and really responsive to sailor input.  There are thousands of them in Canda yet they've never really taken off here.  I wonder if topper aren't too keen on pushing them as the weight range overlaps massively with the original topper which must have a much higher margins!

I've sailed the EPS a couple of times and its excellent, its just that it competes with some other good boats like the 300, Blaze and Phantom and it wasn't cheap - although that's not been a problem for the Phantom.

I've never sailed an MX Ray but it looks unpromising, probably great off the beach in a blow, but its tiny, so small sail area, very little leverage and precious little bouyancy.  Very much a boat for one type of condition, however full marks for inovation.

As a Blaze fanatic I am biased of course - but the most under-rated boat in the UK by a country mile has to be the Tasar.  Let down by half-hearted manufacturers in Europe soon after it was launched in the 70's it is a design classic and is today still way ahead of the general lack lustre 2 man design thread in so many ways.  Just ask yourself how can it be so fast, easy to sail,  and so refined compared with the current smod and other offerings in its market niche ....  only 2 sails but almost as fast as a merlin and it planes upwind without wings, excessive sail area or trapeze.  If you have ever sailed one you might know what I mean - and if you have not and are looking for a simple performance 2 man flyer just try one....  it defies a lot of the marketing hype flying around out there with ease.

Blaze 720