You sure they are legal? Wood boards are also legal just not on boats the originally came with fiberglass ones. I think the metal gudgeons are the same way. Only legal on the old boats
Unless they are broken or worn, no reason to mess with them. And with a casual search of the web, I was unable to locate any stainless steel Laser gudgeons. Well, class legal anyway.
You sure they are legal? Wood boards are also legal just not on boats the originally came with fiberglass ones. I think the metal gudgeons are the same way. Only legal on the old boats
Class rules 14(e) and 15(i) say you can't use wooden foils on a hull that was originally supplied with non-wooden ones.
No such rules exist for any other "old" equipment. Whatever has been legal at any time will stay so until it's specifically banned.
(And by the way, what ang suggests is pretty typical for imaginary class rules: people tend to think the rules are more restrictive than they actually are.)