To many classes

Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by Neptune I'd be surprised to see a competitive laser at title level more than 3 or 4 years old. Older Lasers...150374 was 2nd in the Apprentice masters at this year's Laser Worlds. 164667 was 7th in the masters, 153731 was 4th in the Grand masters. That was just the first world series results that came up on Google. Beware of what everyone knows: it ain't necessarily so!

Mmm ... I would be very surprised if these boats were regularly sailied though, more 'thats a fast one I'll keep it in my garage' As we all know water ingress in poleyester is alot higher than epoxy/vinylester so these older boats, if sailed regularly,would definately put on weight and loose stiffness.

Originally posted by Inland sea Mmm ... I would be very surprised if these boats were regularly sailied though, more 'thats a fast one I'll keep it in my garage'

You don't work at UEA do you? That's a nice bit of massaging the evidence to fit the desired results...

Edited by JimC - 16 Dec 10 at 12:15pm

When I resurrected the cheap l2k I was amazed at how simple it was to rerig - cunningham and kicker back to the helm, outhaul on the boom, very simple pole and kite system.  When it comes to the refitting of any of my other boats - all development class double handers - I am faced with a plethora of choices as to not just what goes where, but what sort of system I use, what fittings I choose etc.

If I was a beginner buying a boat, or even someone on a budget wanting a raceboat that's quick to prepare and easy to maintain, the smod has to be the choice.  That makes me wonder (and I'm not necessarily subscribing to this view) if there isn't quite so much brain work involved in smod sailing, and if that is why, when someone who has learned their art in a development class and had to think things through, jumps into a smod, they will nearly always do well.

Smods? Lightning 368 no 104, 30 years old? 3 nationals wins in 5 years. Byte C2 no 406 (now burnt) won nationals at 19 years old. Any advance on this?

Smods well the vareo that won last years nationals was one of the first batch sail number 162 which talking about smods has epoxi foils and a longer pole which all the newer boats have not got.