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kneewrecker 
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 Topic: Latest legal Laser tweaks????Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 3:41pm |
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+1
this thread should leave any 'potential new Laser owner' reaching for the *ero demo dates....
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jeffers
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 3:46pm |
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It is still the go to class at many clubs if you want tight class racing though.
I believe Grafham are getting 30+ out on a regular basis. A lot of other clubs have seen a big resurgence in the Solo class (Solo is definitely the go to class at Hunts for class racing now). If you want something a little different the *ero is the way to go.
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blaze720
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 4:58pm |
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It would seem to me high time a 'radical' group of Laser owners (is this possible ?) got together and evolved a set of rules to drag the 'weekender' screaming and kicking into the 21st century ! Sort out the worst of the limitations and poor design bits and pieces (and don't keep repeating the brainwashed responses "it is fair for everyone ... it is an Olympic class as well you know") and set up a rebels circuit. Keep it relatively simple and reasonable in cost terms and there could be dozens very quickly.
There are tens of thousands of 'bog standard' Lasers around ... think of them as doner boats. For relative peanuts you could bring a bit of a low cost sparkle back to a lot of people ... or lead others into sailing in the first place. Sure 'it' will never have quite the performance of a 'whatever' but lets get real about it ... if performance was all it was about we'd all be on boards or cats .... or hydrofoils. Not my thing anymore but if there was ever to be that seventh laser for me .. it would have had to have evolved ... at least a bit. Mike L. |
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Do Different
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 6:57pm |
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Agree completely Mike, we had a similar thread some time back and I said much the same.
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Null
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 7:15pm |
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What's the point when there are 2 cheap new classes that tick all those boxes.
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ChrisB14
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 7:24pm |
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The important bit one more time:
I couldn't agree more.
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fab100
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 7:29pm |
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A laser is very comfortable with the simple application of a pair of hikers.
Your muscles might still hurt, but FFS, it's a hiking boat
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Null
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 7:42pm |
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I agree with this!
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getafix
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 8:25pm |
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I might have agreed with you once, but then I didn't see much wrong with weight jackets at the time either..... Far more comfortable ways to waste your hard earned nowadays, as well as get a rewarding, physical sail of a weekend, as we both know ! Edited by getafix - 17 Jun 14 at 8:26pm |
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piglet
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Posted: 17 Jun 14 at 8:32pm |
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So you can have a metal lined fairlead on the Cunningham but not on the outhaul??
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