Laser Pico

   My brother is considering a laser pico for his next boat, he is looking for sumthing fun, but also a bit exciting, is the laser pico a good boat?? Or if not what boat should he consider getting? he is a quite good sailor on a budget of around £1500

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stickthin Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote stickthin Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Laser Pico Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 2:39pm
	My brother is considering a laser pico for his next boat, he is looking for sumthing fun, but also a bit exciting, is the laser pico a good boat?? Or if not what boat should he consider getting? he is a quite good sailor on a budget of around £1500
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sailor girl Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 13 Jun 04 Location: Spain Online Status: Offline Posts: 1031	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailor girl Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 3:13pm
	how old is he? what does he weigh? if he's going to be racing, what classes are at your club? then it might be easier to find a suitable boat. picos are 'fun' if your a begginer and lightweight, but they really arn't that great and very poor for racing. i think with a bit more info might we might be able to think of somthing better?!!
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sailor.jon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 02 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 361	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailor.jon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 4:08pm
	if he is wanting to race and have fun, and has the right weight then the topper maybe the route to go, great boats for messing about in and then also gr8 for racing,
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stickthin Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote stickthin Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 5:06pm
	He is 14yrs and weighs bout 50kg, we have a good fleet of laser, RS 600's, but we don't seem to have a big fleet of toppers apart from training 1's
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sailor girl Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 13 Jun 04 Location: Spain Online Status: Offline Posts: 1031	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailor girl Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 5:21pm
	how about... topaz topper feva splash just a few single handers that are suposed to be good fun for light weights. is he going to be racing?
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stickthin Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote stickthin Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 5:36pm
	prob not, he prefers just mucking bout goin where he wants sort of thing
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stickthin Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote stickthin Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 5:38pm
	thanx for those ny way sailor girl, i'll pass them on to him
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sailor girl Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 13 Jun 04 Location: Spain Online Status: Offline Posts: 1031	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailor girl Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 05 at 6:16pm
	no problems! good luck finding a boat!!
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NickA Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 30 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 783	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickA Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 30 Mar 05 at 9:46pm
	Picos are great for: a) extremely strong winds when anything else (but a windsurfer) won't stay upright b) nervous mums c) beginners d) under 15s They tack, which toppers sometimes don't, their easy to rig and they're big enough for two whole people. Awful in a light wind tho - and being lasers the bits aren't cheap. And as the RYA have apparently been bought off by topper, there's no training or race circuit. 50kg 14 year old? Probably best in a splash, lightning 308, byte cIII, or if serious a laser radial. Edited by NickA

Harry44981! Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 736	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harry44981! Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 Mar 05 at 1:20pm
	Perfect weight for a topper, good race circuit, friendly class etc. 50kg too small for a radial, but maybe good for messing about in if hes not bothered about being underweight, and he'll grow into it (or go to full rig) Unless youre a total a topper tacks easily in anything, let the kicker off in a blow and go!- easy!