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    Posted: 09 Jan 07 at 1:36pm

what sail number did laser start with ?

 
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Originally posted by radixon


The £4k laser everone is talking about has the top of the range kit. The laser itself can be picked up for around £3k.

On the Laser website the base model laser, no trolley / covers etc is £3550, Laser Race is £3850, G-XD £4195.

The basic comparison I made at the start was the boat show offers wihich included trolleys and / or covers whereby the Osprey was £7995 and Laser Race £3995
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Originally posted by Scooby_simon

 

The single handed F16 spec from Stealth is even cheaper !



Great...just one problem you can't sail cats at a lot of clubs. Thats where the Laser wins out.

Having said that the Laser fleet at my club is in serious decline these days with people moving to other classes such as Phantoms, Blazes and the new Solution.

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Originally posted by radixon

You have all mentioned doublehander boats here.

The £4k laser everone is talking about has the top of the range kit. The laser itself can be picked up for around £3k.

Laser Sailing must be doing something right because I can't remember seeing another boat in the dinghy park with a sail number greater than 180,000.

 

The single handed F16 spec from Stealth is even cheaper !

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You have all mentioned doublehander boats here.

The £4k laser everone is talking about has the top of the range kit. The laser itself can be picked up for around £3k.

Laser Sailing must be doing something right because I can't remember seeing another boat in the dinghy park with a sail number greater than 180,000.
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Controversial I know coming from me but compare a laser to an RS500 and the Laser then seems REALLY expensive.

The 500 really does look good and is going to do very well I think.
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In the motor trade if a manufacturer puts the price of there product up to much then new sails fall, and hence used prices crash!!  The problem with laser is they monopolise the market.  They are a great product but as long as people keep buying them they will keep charging the same money! so unless everyone is willing to boycott buying lasers the price will rise.
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Common if you want real value for money and a cheap new boat get an international 14. Now what was wrong with that statement . . . . . . . .?
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Originally posted by Quagers

Yea the full race laser is £4k but at our club at least almost no one has this, the basic laser with the basic version of the new kicker etc. is £3.5k. Still expensive but closer to £3k which i think someone said earlier is what they should cost. Yes laser are in a good position because at many clubs if you want good racing you must have one but this didnt happen by accident. If there wernt good points with the boatthen this wouldnt have happened.


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Originally posted by 49erGBR735HSC

Sorry Simon, reckon you picked me up wrong, the price of a new 49er is set to increase by £2k, not drop, therefore, as new boats increase in price, as you say, the price of secondhand boats may rise slightly, at least it will cap the depreciation for a while.

 

OK, yep, rising price of new product means S/H prices firm up.
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