The Laser 2000 is a great family boat, designed to be sailed with a variety of crew ability and is renowned for its friendly active Class Association.
The Laser 2000 gives superb performance whilst staying manageable for less experienced sailors, it's popularity has grown tremendously over the last few years, sailing schools and clubs like the boat for it's simplicity and "easy to sail" design. The strength of the Laser 2000 and the Class Association is such that boats attract premium second hand values. Check out our Classifieds page.
The class has a large following with a mixture of a competitive racing circuit and successful ‘l2kplay’ events where anything except serious racing is on the cards!
2009 events include the Class Nationals at Hayling Island Sailing Club, Inlands at Ullswater Yacht Club plus Series events and Open meets around the country.
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Sail Areas Mainsail 8.75m² Jib 3.03m² Gennaker 9.86m²
Weights Hull 100kg Trolley 30kg Trailer 54kg
Details Manufacturer LaserPerformance Designed by Phil Morrison PY Number 1089 Construction Material GRP
Tony Slade Trophy
Tony Slade was the inaugural Chairman of the Laser 2000 Class Association but became terminally ill during his first year in office. Tony was convinced from the moment he first set eyes on the L2K that it made a great family racing dinghy and was central to the creation of the Class Association and in particular the drafting of the Class Rules and Constitution.
Before his death, Tony asked his wife Sue to present a memorial trophy to the Association, to be awarded annually to the person judged by the Committee to have contributed most to the Class Association over the previous year or years.
This year's winner of the Tony Slade Memorial Trophy is Tim Hulley and the citation reads as follows:
Tim has been a member of the Class Association since its inception in 1999 and, through a combination of open meetings and training events, has played a pivotal role in developing what is probably the largest, most active and most successful Laser 2000 fleet at Weir Wood SC.
Tim has acted as Technical Officer to the Association for the last three years and remains committed to the development of both the class and individual skills through the sharing of knowledge and experience.
Despite fulfilling this key role, Tim describes himself as a “non-technical” sailor. He is a regular contributor to Millennium Mutterings and his basic message for members is “keep it simple, communicate with each other and try and avoid those basic errors”, a strategy which he has demonstrated to be effective on many occasions.
Tim still finds the time and enthusiasm to attend open meetings and championship events and was a deserved and popular winner of the Millennium Series Trophy in 2007. Although usually seen sailing with wife Linda, as part of a two-boat family he is now frequently challenged by daughter Amy, emphasising the family oriented nature of the Laser 2000 fleet.
Tim’s significant and ongoing contribution to the Class Association is to be commended.
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