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    Securing the Vang Key

    My vang key also used to fall out a lot, turns out I had the old classic vang strap on the boom with the new vang, and not the new keyhole vang strap. Karen
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    Capsize Recovery

    My sailing club's boats have masthead floats, I'm struggling to learn to right my laser without one, in higher winds. If you see the boat coming back down on you take a breath. For the Bahia With 2 people, one person can grab the hiking strap and counter your weight while you climb onto...
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    Tiller dimension and passenger

    The length of my wood tiller is 44 1/8 inches, 1 1/8 by 1 1/6 tapering down to 1 by 1 square to fit into the rudder. It's longer than my carbon tiller. The tiller extension is about 2 feet, ( when retracted) from the end of the tiller.
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    Replacing O-rings on auto-bailer

    You have to take the bailer off, turn over the boat, it's held in place with a screw. Maybe some caulk too. Karen
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    Launching a Laser with a hoist

    You could take a length of line and tie a bowline at each end for the bow and stern. Tie a loop in the middle that doesn't slip for the hook on the hoist. Karen
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    bum rides on other peoples dingys in SF bay

    You could try asking at the Richmond yacht club? Or maybe there's a 29er page. Or sailing anarchy. Gee I hope you can teach roll tacking, sailing in the bay you learn really good defensive skills, but those really aren't racing skills. I'm always jealous of kids who learn young and have...
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    bum rides on other peoples dingys in SF bay

    Well there's always joining the Cal Sailing Club. http://www.cal-sailing.org/ $75 (plus 2 hours or so work) for 3 months. And JY racing starts in April, Thursday evening at 6. Karen
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    Bought a Laser Bahia!

    It's a blast in over 15 knots, has a couple of planing speeds. We were going 11 knots downwind, in about 25 knots. in 7-12 it seems ok, and at least it moves in lighter winds. The line for dousing and hoisting the gennaker is small, you'll need gloves. Karen who sails at the Cal Sailing Club

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