Is LaserPerformance planning a new dinghy???
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Justaquickone
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Interesting bow in the background .true detective work...
video on Laserperformance - Cascais website at 1m18s, you can see the bow of the boat you are talking about... LOL
Still, don't have a clue what it is... :angry: dam...
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Any clues as to what it is ?
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Justaquickone
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Have never seen or heard of a Shaw 4.0Didn't the Shaw 4.0 have a bow like that?
At first glance I thought multihull , then saw the rig and thought unstayed singlehanded mono .
Will do a search on the Shaw for interest sake .
Jethrow
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There was a thread in here a while back, maybe archived now. I'll see what I can find, I don't remember the name of the thread.
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Jethrow.
You might be onto something with this . I wonder if LP have bought the hull design and put a version of the ARC rig on it .
If it is, this is boat that’s missed its time . The gap in the market has gone.
For any one under 100kg the Aero and Zero are a much better and well sorted boats .
And if your over 100kg in the uk you already have the choice of boats like the phantom, Hadron h2 or Finn.
But I am still interested on any further news or info on its launch date .
TBH I am a little suspicious that we are being played . A new posters first post is a shot of a new dinghy that no one has seen before .
Put the other one it’s got bells on. Lol
You might be onto something with this . I wonder if LP have bought the hull design and put a version of the ARC rig on it .
If it is, this is boat that’s missed its time . The gap in the market has gone.
For any one under 100kg the Aero and Zero are a much better and well sorted boats .
And if your over 100kg in the uk you already have the choice of boats like the phantom, Hadron h2 or Finn.
But I am still interested on any further news or info on its launch date .
TBH I am a little suspicious that we are being played . A new posters first post is a shot of a new dinghy that no one has seen before .
Put the other one it’s got bells on. Lol
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Justaquickone
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Found the site and a couple of youtube videos .
Not alot of activity considering they're from 2013 .
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That's disregarding anything on Boat Design posted by "The Lord".
Jethrow
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@Justaquickone I believe that even though it was a nice looking boat and quite a promising design, only one was ever built...
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I'm 1.75m and 91kg, I own a RS Aero 9, great for light winds, but when it gets above 12knots and choppy the boat is a disaster, the hull cant support a sailor above 90kg, the lack of bow buoyancy is horrendous downwind. It's so bad, that on the Europeans this year the Aero 9 had no class, even in the UK nationals they only had 11 boats.
I don´t know the Phantom (never sailed it), but compare to more modern boats with seams heavy and big, out dated design and very expensive!!!
H2, looks good, still extremely expensive and only available in the UK.
I believe there is still the lack of a boat that is light, performant good looking (even owning an Aero I find the boat ugly as hell) and well priced... (ILCA priced)
If someone would have such a boat, it would be a success...
I'm 1.75m and 91kg, I own a RS Aero 9, great for light winds, but when it gets above 12knots and choppy the boat is a disaster, the hull cant support a sailor above 90kg, the lack of bow buoyancy is horrendous downwind. It's so bad, that on the Europeans this year the Aero 9 had no class, even in the UK nationals they only had 11 boats.
I don´t know the Phantom (never sailed it), but compare to more modern boats with seams heavy and big, out dated design and very expensive!!!
H2, looks good, still extremely expensive and only available in the UK.
I believe there is still the lack of a boat that is light, performant good looking (even owning an Aero I find the boat ugly as hell) and well priced... (ILCA priced)
If someone would have such a boat, it would be a success...
It’s so nice to see so many new people posting about a boat they haven’t seen and telling us how there is a gap in the market for it .While slyly dissing some of their competitors.
Call me suspicious if you will , but think this thread is turning into LP sock puppet heaven
Call me suspicious if you will , but think this thread is turning into LP sock puppet heaven
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Xeon, as you might see, i am not new in SA. i am a registered user since 2008 maybe in that time you didn't even know what sailing was or you just didn't know the SA forum yet.. i don't care..i just don't like to come here and publish bullshit...i'd rather be sailing,.It’s so nice to see so many new people posting about a boat they haven’t seen and telling us how there is a gap in the market for it .While slyly dissing some of their competitors.
Call me suspicious if you will , but think this thread is turning into LP sock puppet heaven
I just like to post when i believe i have something to add to this community and not spam them with conspiracy theories
Returning to the point of this Topic... i don't know what they are planning but if it is a fast & fun boat i believe it will find it's place on the market, as long as it's a good boat everyone loves to spend their time on the water having fun. I just think that everyone should think more about having fun and sailing amongst friends than racing or the olympics...
We have to grow the base of the pyramid having loads of people sailing.. and then from that maybe 1 or 2% will go to the olympics... but to make the sport sustainable for clubs and federations we have to attract recreational sailors.. and what better way than to have a fun and afordable boat??
Just my thoughts..
Hot and Soggy
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Alright, I'll bite. So in my area LP has no representation. Once upon a time we had LP, Hobie, and recently RS. Now none. Bit of an outlier maybe. Does LP still have the heft/respect/interest internationally to get people to buy their boats? I'd be leery of plunking down money on a new LP boat design without a track record and worried about continued support for parts and uptake in the international community. It'd have to be a homerun design that every sailing magazine was declaring as boat of the year or something for me to part with money as an early adopter.