Recent content by Keithdb

Does anybody actualy know whether the transom inserts even really exist? I've seen several mentions of them but never a single picture. Hands up anybody that's actually seen them in real life.

Loving the "hiking rack" :-) True ingenuity at its best!! Not sure I can picture the catamaran idea. I've got images of a sailing equivalent of a three legged race with two lasers bolted together with scaffolding tubes each with its own sail and sailor. Amusing to be sure but probably with...

Fair enough. The more rule focused gentlemen at my club would send you packing as well but that's not the point of the thread. Just trying to determine if the laser can be made faster/easier to sail regardless of rules so let's assume that we are in fact relegated to the handicap fleet with an...

Any thoughts about rigging mods? Obvious one would be using fiddle blocks to rig a fully centered mainsheet arrangement similar that found on the byte (minus the traveller obviously) or bigger dinghies like the bahia. Doubtful this would help performance one tiny little bit but it would...

Yes in terms of sails I'm thinking slightly more blatantly non-standard. I've uploaded pictures of a few examples I've found of various different designs. The first looks like a standard sail but is fully battened. The second is similar but made out of mylar rather than dacron and the...

Yes I have heard tell of these mythical transom corners (I think someone else called it a transom mainsheet deflector) but I'm darned if I can find more than a passing mention of them on the odd forum and have had no luck securing a picture. What do they look like and do they actually work?

Hi All, I appreciate that the purists believe the laser to be perfect and any perceived flaw is not a really a flaw but merely a delightful quirk that can be overcome through the proper application of technique and practice allowing a single minded adherence to the class rules with all those...

Hi all, Just bought my first laser but it came with a few missing peices crucially the launching trolley. I'm on a really restricted budget and wanted to get a few opinions on this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280890581863?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2180wt_1136 Do...