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    News Hobelman Regatta in Chicago: June 9 + 10

    Hello! Don’t miss all the fun at Corinthian this weekend! We have a decent amount of lasers coming in. To encourage even more of you, we waived the late fee. All info, including Sailing Instructions and directions can be found on the website: http://www.corinthian.org/rhodes/hobelman/...
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    News Hobelman Regatta in Chicago: June 9 + 10

    Laser Sailors: Next weekend (June 9 and 10) is the Hobelman Regatta at Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club. You can’t afford to miss this awesome regatta! We will run a tuning seminar on Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10:00. Races will start soon after that! The day will end with post-race...
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    News Hobelman Regatta in Chicago: June 9 + 10

    Laser Sailors: Next weekend (June 9 and 10) is the Hobelman Regatta at Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club. You can’t afford to miss this awesome regatta! We will run a tuning seminar on Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10:00. Races will start soon after that! The day will end with post-race...
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    News Hobelman Regatta in Chicago: June 9 + 10

    Notice: This is part of the Southern Lake Michigan Laser Championship / Adrian Irving championship Trophy (other regatta's will be SuperSail and the Talbot). If that still does not convince you: we also have free beer and other drinks! Register today! Download the registration form here...
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    News Hobelman Regatta in Chicago: June 9 + 10

    Hey all! If you plan on doing the Hobelman and have a great weekend of sailing and fun, please send in the registration form (see the website listed above). You can, of course, register on-site, but pre-registration is cheaper and it helps us a lot if we can get a headcount. Fair winds! Gerard
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    News  Hobelman Regatta in Chicago: June 9 + 10

    Hello Laser Sailors! Please consider to join us this year at the Hobelman One Design Regatta at Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club on June 9 and 10. We are working very hard to organize a great regatta with lots of fun and learning opportunities. We will include (among others): - Tuning/...
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    Good Laser Book

    This year a new edition of Dick Tillman's book came out, which includes all the new rigging, and is a great basic book which will help you to sail fast. Title, etc: Richard L. Tillman, The Complete Book of Laser Sailing, May, 2005 Make sure you buy the new edition! G.
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    Sail Flaking or Rolling

    Don't leave the sail on the mast. Roll it from the top to the bottom, lining the sail up at the leech. You can even leave the battens in that way, if you are not too worried about the elastic wearing out. If you want the end-result half the size you can choose to fold the whole sail once over...
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    Righting a turtled Laser

    Phil, A turtled boat can be hard to get up again, but I would not blame the filled mast: water in water does not increase the weight. Nor is this a problem with a particular mast: no laser-mast is waterproof, and if a boat is turtled for a while it will fill up. You write that it took you...
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    Help with Laser Boat Repair

    I am quite sure Hedlund on Greenbay road in Wilmette does repairs, and if not they know where to go. What kind of repair do you need? or what are the symptoms that makes you think that you might have some structural damage? Good luck!
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    Melges 17!!!

    15k is a lot for a boat that looks like a bathtub! The sails and rigging are pretty impressive, but why not put it on a real boat?
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    Question on the "New" Rigging

    A great alternative to spending a lot of money on the upgrades is to upgrade your old controls. Search this forum on how to do this. There is also info on drlaser, which is still partly accessible (see helpdesk section), and if I am not mistaken on the Rooster website. I would highly recommend...
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    Roll Tacking and My Legs

    "jumping down" does not sound very smooth... I associate jumping with feet, and I assume that you are not literally jumping out of the cockpit to the leeward side? At least, I have never seen anything like that. Most laser-sailors push their whole body to the leeward side, while their feet push...
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    Laser Rack

    If you want to store the mast-pieces and booms in the lockers, you will need to make longer ones (if I understand it correctly these are for a public beach?). I would suggest to rotate the lockers and have the access at the very end of the boats, not on the side. Storing boats upside down is...

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