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My wife and I recently welcomed a future sailor into the family. My wife is unable to look after him and crew. I am strongly considering jumping into Laser racing. Honestly are Lasers of all years equally competitive? I have been reading the threads about what to look for in a used Laser hull. I fully understand and appreciate the concept of one design racing. However in many fleets there are certain serial numbers to avoid or key into. For instance the Catalina 22. The first 1000 hulls from the early 1970s are considerably faster than anything later. Please do not confuse my intent as an attempt to identify a faster boat generation for an unfair advantage. However I do not want to purchase a boat, settle at the rear of the fleet regatta after regatta, and then blame the boat for poor results. I am going to have enough doubts with my own skill, being away from the tiller for some time, that I do not need a lack of confidence in the boat. Is it worthwhile to purchase a used boat and invest some stomach/elbow grease to bring up to a competitive state or just spend the extra dollars buying new to avoid the questions? I am a very competitive person by nature, so I imagine racing every regatta within traveling distance of.
Very Respectfully,
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My wife and I recently welcomed a future sailor into the family. My wife is unable to look after him and crew. I am strongly considering jumping into Laser racing. Honestly are Lasers of all years equally competitive? I have been reading the threads about what to look for in a used Laser hull. I fully understand and appreciate the concept of one design racing. However in many fleets there are certain serial numbers to avoid or key into. For instance the Catalina 22. The first 1000 hulls from the early 1970s are considerably faster than anything later. Please do not confuse my intent as an attempt to identify a faster boat generation for an unfair advantage. However I do not want to purchase a boat, settle at the rear of the fleet regatta after regatta, and then blame the boat for poor results. I am going to have enough doubts with my own skill, being away from the tiller for some time, that I do not need a lack of confidence in the boat. Is it worthwhile to purchase a used boat and invest some stomach/elbow grease to bring up to a competitive state or just spend the extra dollars buying new to avoid the questions? I am a very competitive person by nature, so I imagine racing every regatta within traveling distance of.
Very Respectfully,
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“Babies… before we're done here... y'all be wearing [FONT="]gold[/FONT]-[FONT="]plated diapers” -[/FONT]Bruce Dickinson