Yachts & Yachting magazine

Andy Rice

‘THE APPEAL OF THE LASER 5000 HAD BEEN ECLIPSED BY ITS NEW, SEXIER RIVAL, AND THE CLASS WITHERED AWAY ALL TOO QUICKLY’

Back in the 5000’s heyday during the mid-nineties, Andy and his brother Ian used to rule the roost in this exciting fleet. That was when asymmetric twin-trapezing was the new show in town, the quickest, tippiest, and most thrilling thing you could do on water before the International Moth popped up on its hydrofoils a decade or so later.

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