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Sorry - I just re-read Lali's reply and see that he asked the same questions which I did. My apologies to both.

yes, very interesting! I don't remember ever seeing an Australian hull with a letter after it. Sadly, I lost all my computer files after both the computer and backup were corrupted :(, so can't double check. I have been looking at it, trying to persuade myself that the "A" is really a...

No, unfortunately not. A Laser 2 mainsail has a bolt rope on the luff and is raised by a halyard whilst the Laser sail just has pocket luff sleeve and is slid over the mast.

Yes, your sail was a standard, class legal sail when the boat was bought new back in the 80's. It is a colour scheme known as Mardi Gras. Unfortunately, there haven't been any new class legal coloured sails since the 90s If you are just looking for a different colour scheme and not worried...

I don't know for certain, but I think they were sold by PSE around 1996 - possibly as part of an Olympic promotion. The majority of boats I have seen them on are around 160000, which ties in with this. I never saw them advertised separately unfortunately, otherwise I would have bought...

Hi, Are you sailing 4.7 or radial? How much do you weigh? I would definitely ask for some help from a coach/experienced sailor. I see you are in Weymouth - are you a member of a club there or or a member of the UK Laser Association? I would suggest getting hold of a coach, especially a 4.7...

It looks like you have done a good job so far. The non-skid pattern is always hard to clean - I just use detergent and a scrubbing brush. To be honest, I would just leave it at that and enjoy the boat and go sailing. But, your last picture concerns me (the one with the shadow of your...

Yes - except for the very early ones which had plastic wrapped foam blocks. When they swapped over depended on the factory, but I think by around 1976 or 1977 all the factories had gone over to cubitainers. Certainly, every boat should have one or the other.

All the measurements are here in the class rules and I believe the foils are shaped to NACA0009 sections http://www.laserinternational.org/rules-and-regulations/laser-class-rules/measurement-diagrams/ (Of course - if you are planning on making your own foils, they won't be class legal)

In addition to Rob and LaLi notes above, there is also the possibility that the number is all or partially obscured by the lower rudder gudgeon fitting on the transom, especially if it has been relocated over time. Or, if the boat has been painted, that the serial number was faired in and is...

Film from the first Laser Heavy Air Slalom in San Francisco https://player.vimeo.com/video/152605293?app_id=122963

And some more vintage Laser sailing here. I think where the sailors have numbered vests on, that is from the Laser Heavy Weather Slalom

A little bit more about the Warren Miller film "flying Laser" sequence here from the "New Laser Sailing" by Dick Tillman and Dave Powlinson

Here it is :) At 30:45

I agree, I thought that M was Model Year too And yes, the list on the ILCA site is out for the early years. As a benchmark, Laser 100000 was produced in 1981, but that would be a year later according to the list. An earlier version of the list said that it was based on the UK Performance...

I have seen this before, on a 70s Laser for sale. My best guess is (without any evidence or substantiation) that this was affixed by a local dealer or shop (there were dozens of Laser dealers in the UK in the 70s) when they sold the boat, in a similar way that a car dealer would put their own...

Interesting. It would be good to see any pictures of these, if you have any. I can't recall coming across any hulls like that and so would like to see them.

I certainly would have thought that if it was a special edition, it would be the same both sides.

Here is another advertisment for what looks like a similar coloured (and aged?) Laser https://boston.craigslist.org/nos/boa/d/rockport-laser-sailboat/7486951313.html

Okay - I found the advertisment. https://vermont.craigslist.org/boa/d/bondville-laser-sail-sailboat-day-900/7487700757.html The other side is different. Here is the photo of the other side, with another white patch in the hull stripe, but smaller and in a different place......