Pure bullshit! Not given to overt such as and not personal, but Dex, really, this is not only not approp but dim! P was an entertainer, shit happens when you are not equipped.
+1 Exactly...along with Sailfish/Sunfish and maybe Banshee, Force 5, Kites. Wet and wild right in it.
How I became a swab...5 miles out in Lake Michigan on hot, windy, Force 7 day; nothing but boat, ass and surfing the chop.
Rudder slightly to weather amidships.
That is kewl...the boy from Hoboken lives!
The fox knows many things but the hedgehog knows one big thing, and I am guessing "old" is not your description. But, it all works!
Huzzah all volunteers. I have always thought PS was its own worst enemy.
A song? How about "Long Ago and Far Away?" Have no clue, really, maybe something by She and Him?
Wess, not disagree, but I do see the problems as irony, perhaps long in coming, relative to the numbers, is all. Given enough rope...and it happened to a very large dinghy class. Says something?
+1.
Thing is, given enough rope...as we have seen with this class.
Besides, even with the venerable Finns, most people will out grow these boats and settle for something that fits their lifestyle...
I am here only cause I am curious former Laser sailor who did not like the boat and sort of...
I am not young enough to know everything, however I do know this:
One thing: Performance Sailing (LPNA) and "the Laser" are two completely different entities!!!