Laser Rainbow
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Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
Forum Discription: The latest moves in the dinghy market
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Printed Date: 14 Jul 25 at 5:29pm
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Topic: Laser Rainbow
Posted By: Rupert
Subject: Laser Rainbow
Date Posted: 21 Apr 14 at 5:31pm
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This boat was bought by a friend at Whitefriars. It was a new one on me. When they lost the rights, Laser had 15 Tasar hulls left, so they put a less powerful sail on and called it the Laser Rainbow, apparently! Still had a Tasar insignia on, though. Anyone know any more about it? This one is No 3.  ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
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Posted By: Er-Indoors
Date Posted: 21 Apr 14 at 6:53pm
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Well you're not going to lose that in the fog!
------------- Lightning 418 "Octarine" |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 21 Apr 14 at 7:26pm
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The person to ask is webmuppet, though he doesn't come this way much anymore. He has two modified laser runs. ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: mongrel
Date Posted: 21 Apr 14 at 8:20pm
| I don't know if its true, but I'd heard these rainbow boats were a basic fibreglass lay up, without any foam sandwich. The Tasar is fully foam sandwich so in theory is quite a bit lighter and stiffer than the Rainbow. |
Posted By: lionel rigby
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 12:59pm
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The Tasar rainbow as it was known was produced by Matthew Wetz, quite a few years ago when he took over the UK agency for the Tasar. Matthew wanted to produce a much cheaper and simpler version of the Tasar with the hope of selling it to sailing schools. It was indeed as previously mentioned a fibre glass lay up so was not as stiff nor as light as a Tasar but cheaper to produce. The Tasar has a 2 piece winged shape, rotating mast, with adjustable diamonds and with fore and aft adjustable shroud plates, adjustable jib cleats, and a curved traveller. The Rainbow had an ordinary, non rotating alloy mast, simpler boom without the controls, fixed jib cleats and fixed shrouds and a straight thwart. The Rainbow never caught on and died a death. It can not even be converted to a Tasar spec as though the hull shape is the same the construction is different and the cost of obtaining and fitting all the necessary parts would be rather prohibitive. ------------- Golden Oldie |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 2:01pm
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Many thanks - I shall pass this info on at the weekend.
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: lionel rigby
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 5:55pm
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One other thing Rupert. The Tasar at that time had Dacron sails and no forestay. The main was fully battened and the jib could be furled using the furling devices on the bow and mast. Looking at the picture it appears that the thwart is curved but whether the traveller rail could be fitted isn't clear. ------------- Golden Oldie |
Posted By: Gfinch
Date Posted: 24 Apr 14 at 5:08pm
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I saw this boat in November, from what I heard they tried to turn it more into a cruiser than a racer, with a furling jib e.t.c. N.B. I was told 5 were built or still around. Definitely a rare one! ------------- 3513, 3551 - National 12 136069 - Laser 32541 - Mirror 4501 - Laser 4000 |