Laser-most popular sailing boat in world 200,000 + and Prices Down

1:08 AM Fri 11 Feb 2011 GMT

'Start - Laser Worlds 2010, Hayling Island, UK' Richard Langdon Click Here to view large photo

As sailing tries to broaden its base, the most desirable Olympic boats for the new and developing sailing nations are the single person boats, one-designs which are relatively inexpensive to build, the Laser and the windsurfer. Now the Laser has climbed past the 200,000 boat mark. And even better news with new Laser prices dropping as volumes continue to climb. Chris Caldecoat, the CEO of Australasian Laser builder Performance Sailcraft Australia has announced that the first of the new 200,000 plaques have arrived and boats starting from 201500 are available for immediate delivery. Chris explains some welcome 'Performance Sailcraft Australia ...

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by Rob Kothe