Blue Laser Parts in North America

[chanceweston]

Hi, I was just wondering if there was any reason why the last few years all the blocks and hardware on lasers were blue, including the corner of the sail. I also noticed that blue parts are more expensive than other colored parts. Any ideas?

 

[jeffers]

If the corner of the sail is Blue then that indicates a Radial rig as opposed to a Full rig or a 4.7 rig.

As for the blocks who knows, maybe blue plastic is more expensive than black or grey?

 

[flaserlover]

from my understanding, the black blocks are the newer blocks and are more expensive

 

[chanceweston]

thanks for answering, just something i was wondering...

 

[49208]

The supplier(s) for the parts in North America (at least) switched from black to blue a number of years ago (boom blocks, bow eye etc, mast/boom caps and plugs)
They were/are identical in every way to the black parts (and I've also seen grey and white depending on where/which builder (LPE or PSA))

The new Harken designed/produced blocks shown in flaserlover's post, AFAIK, aren't included with any of the three "versions" (Std, Race, XD), but only available as an upgrade..