The following was posted on the Laser Class Web site. It may be a little harsh but it needs to be said. This is a one design class.
"It is your boat! You decided to play the game.
You are expected to read and understand the rules and take some personal responsibility. It doesn't matter where you got the boat, who set it up, who previously blessed it as legal, when that measurement happened, why that measurement happened, who you know, who you are, whether "it measured in at the worlds in Sardinia," whether your boat dealer knew the rules of the ILCA, who found WMDs and where they were found, whether Jupiter was aligned with Mars, or if a licensed builder put a tag on back of the cockpit and subsequently represented his product as a class legal toy. The rules are the rules and if your boat does not comply with the rules, you are not invited to use that boat to play the game. If your boat is EVER found to be out of compliance with the ILCA rules, you may be dragged through a hearing process and thrown out."
