79xxx Lasers were built in 1980: http://shopeu.laserperformance.com/product_images/pdf/LaserAgeList.pdf (This list probably isn't 100 % accurate, but it's the best we've got.)
If it was first sold in Germany, then it was most likely built in Banbury, England or Waterford, Ireland. (I'm not sure how they had divided the European market.)
No sticker or plaque in the cockpit?
I understand that the HIN is a totally North American thing.because it was most likely produced for the European market, maybe id has no actual HIN?
Performance Sailcraft. All (or almost all) of the nine active builders of the time were part of the same company.So I'm wondering what I should list the maker as when registering it...
Thanks! Looking forward to what the stuff on the back wall of the cockpit says.Here are some pictures. I'll take close ups when it is light out.
I understand that the HIN is a totally North American thing.
Performance Sailcraft. All (or almost all) of the nine active builders of the time were part of the same company.
Thanks! Looking forward to what the stuff on the back wall of the cockpit says.
The Performance Sailcraft sticker is identical to that from my 81000 UK built Laser as shown in the attached photo. And as Lali says, it would have been built around 1979. Photos from the 1979 Europeans show 77000 Lasers, so yours is probably a late 1979 build.
I would check the drain plug very carefully before putting your boat in the water. Lasers of that vintage were originally built with a plastic drain plug and yours has been replaced with a later brass version. However, it looks as though it has been over-tightened and started to bite right through the gelcoat into the fibreglass. The sealant around it has also started to come away.
It is possible that water from the cockpit may enter inside the hull this way and more importantly, if the other side of the drain plug looks the same underneath the hull, water may get in through there.
Have fun sailing once you have checked this and fixed the other hole.
The SS plate with two blocks replaces the fairlead by the mast step and uses the same screw holes. It's part of the upgraded rigging package. The two random screws on the deck of your boat were from something else.
A Laser has no backing plates that you could lose. They're all pieces of wood glassed in place.I'm worried about losing backing blocks.
Screws. There are no bolts so there are no nuts to lose, either. Bolting is legal, but a brand new boat has only two bolts: the gooseneck and the rudder head.What is holding all the hardware in place?
I'll make this a separate post, as there's a lot to unpack here:Has anyone tried one of these?