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    Help..tips?

    Hey, -your clewhook (the backcorner of the sail) should be tied as close as possible with a piece of rope, or a special strap. -when reaching put on more vang. -Upwind ure vang should be as tight as possible in the winds u were sailing. -When gybing make sure ure daggerboard is up, your vang...
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    Clew Tiedown

    still use rope, maybe harder to rig, but never had it come loose while sailing. the straps tend to do this after a while. Don't wont to take that risk when sailing qualifiers. but lots of people seem happy about it.
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    Hyeres, France Europa Cup 2009

    Great location, cant go because i have to work every week till friday, if you find some people to go with, its the easiest to rent a litlle studio at the maeva building. There is a bakery in front of the headentrance, and on the way to the harbor there is a little minimarket on the corner. We...
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    Sailing plans for 2009

    Hoping to sail some nice races in holland with the radial, including the europacup @hoorn. The europacup @nieuwpoort, afterwards some training with the standard sail and hopefully compete in the european standard championship in sweden, also a few trainingweeks in france and holland are already...
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    The laser adventure

    Hello, i looked at ure blog, funny, till a year ago i raced a boat that age, 143840, a Performance sailcraft europe. She was in really good shape actualy, but sold her for a good price and bought a 2001 boat. I looked at the pictures, your inside looks normal, the white plugs are the thingies...
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    Rooster or new Laser XD tiller

    I sail the rooster tiller too, still going strong for 2 boats and 4 years now, seen a lot of the XD's break or start splitting after a while, there al also a lot of isues with the new xd tiller: wear plate, clamcleat,.... Most people who bought them here in belgium arent to pleased with it...
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    mainsheet catching on boom gybing

    it's the lirios mainsheet, have had it with my rooster mainsheet to, i think its because the older sheets were heavier due to waterabsorption. The new sheets dont soak up water end are because of this significantly lighter.
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    Newer Laser Products

    the metal plate falls of without tape, the clamcleat breaks,... did not hear many good things about the new Xd carbon tiller, to huge for my taste, saw them first this summer, looks "cool", but just a little to much. i stick to my rooster one. the pse store is cool indeed. the new tiller is...
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    Radial conversion of an old boat

    cutting down the lower section is possible, already been made for our clubboats, doesnt have the same bending characteristicts, so does not sail as good as the original. wouldnt recommend it. Greetz Tom
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    Are older Laser sailors Role Models?

    Hello, Iam 23 years old, bought my first laser at 15 from an older guy (50 at that time) he was/is the sailor everybody looked up to. After 6 years of lasers, and 3lasers further in my sailingdays, he stil is the man i look up to.So is my trainer, same age, and a smart man with lots of sailing...
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    Upwind sail trim

    I should put on a radial with that weight ;) Gaat je veel ellende besparen;) Still is a simple boat, easier to handle and trim now. Greetz Tom
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    Mast top sections

    it depends, when they are made i heard, i had a very stiff and hard aussie mast, but after to many deathroll's on the ijsselmeer it has a big bend, i had good english mast, but some bad, they have the habbit off bending because of the vang tension after a few months. only have one broken, and i...
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    Carbon or Aluminium?

    Rooster all the way, used mine this year in every possible condition, from warm weather to freezing, from 2 knots of wind to 35 knots, at the last point much swimming involved, and i never lett go of my extension. Already race or train with it every weekend, not even the slightest sign of wear.
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    New laser blades used at worlds?

    European champ Evi van Acker stopped sailing with them, dont know wich reason there is?
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    Class Politics New mainsheet blocks?

    i had rivets coming off a boom from a year old (european) now i drill the rivets out when i buy them and put small bolts in them, everlasting and simple to change the blocks

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