New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: Laser Nationals
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Laser Nationals

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 456
Author
423zero View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 08 Jan 15
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3420
Post Options Post Options   Quote 423zero Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Laser Nationals
    Posted: 07 Aug 17 at 1:19pm
Iiticki, no need to stop posting, iGRF gets worse abuse than this on a daily basis.
Back to Top
rich96 View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 20 Jan 05
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 596
Post Options Post Options   Quote rich96 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 17 at 2:13pm
Wow - all this dredged up bile again - I only started the tread to say how surprised I was about the tiny number of boats at the National !

Its really not necessary to go over it all again - the Laser competition, racing numbers, accessibility etc etc etc speak for themselves.
Back to Top
Chris 249 View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 10 May 04
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2041
Post Options Post Options   Quote Chris 249 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 17 at 2:33pm
Surely it's simple - if you want to call people "misguided" and "backwards looking" then you cannot complain when others use similar language at you.
sailcraftblog.wordpress.com

The history and design of the racing dinghy.
Back to Top
iGRF View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 07 Mar 11
Location: Hythe
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6499
Post Options Post Options   Quote iGRF Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 17 at 2:56pm
Originally posted by 423zero

Iiticki, no need to stop posting, iGRF gets worse abuse than this on a daily basis.


True, but in all fairness I deserve it and indeed deliberately set out to provoke at times, iiitick however doesn't. Support the Laser by all means and understandably be bitter and twisted, because in doing so you are paying an absolutely outrageous and I would say unbelievably dishonest margin for a sail that costs less than 50 USD to build and £450 + for a carbon top section - seriously? Are you all mental?

You should long ago have banded together as a class and sorted the whole supply situation out, it's no wonder you get all shouty at poor old iiitick

Sanctimonious convicts from the other side of the world are seriously in no position to judge either the goings on nor the humour of Brits on a largely brit forum, their place should be on Dinghy Anarchy although I suspect they've been f**ked off from there long ago.

Edited by iGRF - 07 Aug 17 at 3:08pm
Back to Top
fab100 View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 15 Mar 11
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1005
Post Options Post Options   Quote fab100 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 17 at 5:21pm
Laser pricing was always a bit monopolist abusive, but since becoming an Olympic class the gouging has got far worse I'd say. Presumably as mummy and daddy happily will pay in order for little Johny to become the next Sir Ben, they make more profit that way than by selling more sails at a sensible price.

It's the same gouging in other 5-ring classes. A 470 will cost about £25k all up (suddenly the 505 price looks a bargain!) but because the IOC wants it to be "cheap", it has to be built in polyester resin, FFS, so rig tension destroys the hull after a few months. Contrast the Fireball from the same niche (single trap, 16ft-ish) that you can get built in decent materials and remains competitive for years for around half that sum.

Further evidence sailing would be better off outside the Olympics
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 456

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.665y
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz
Change your personal settings, or read our privacy policy