Oh the righteous

So following the high and mighty about the laser class and replica sails vs class legal sails and them not being the same boat and not being allowed to race.

How is this for a teaser
So we now have the standard sail Mark 2 radial cut. So does this make the original Mark 1 sail now not class legal. Because to be fair it's what they are promoting and surely a heavily restricted one design single manufacturer class couldn't possibly have 2 differing sail cuts and be the same. Let alone be made by different companies on different continents. Let alone 2 recognised sail makers on norths and hydes. For different markets. So about time surely the competition commission needs to be involved as clearly these companies have a monopoly situation for these classes.

Discuss away

Edited by Neal_g - 25 Dec 17 at 10:23pm

Laser sails last a matter of months, its not a long term problem

But the different rigs are all considered different classes, mk1 and mk2 sails are the same class...

I don't for a moment think that Laser actually wanted to change the sail. I would imagine that they needed to do something to win their market share back from people who buy the cheap copies ie it needs to last longer and perform better than the standard sail.

Edited by Paramedic - 26 Dec 17 at 4:19pm

also  i do think they were struggling to find a  cloth maker who would keep making the bog paper cloth  with a shrinking market  for  full rig sails ...