Recent content by markg

Thanks for your reply and also the link to prettying up your bottom. :confused: I can however confirm that the boat certainly hasn't been stored on carpet. It's stored on it's dolly under a coconut tree. Here's some additional info. I used the boat last year quite a bit and noticed that she...

I think our club boat may have osmosis. I've looked at the Wiki on hull repair (http://www.laserforum.org/know/index.php?title=Hull_Repair) and that all seems good info. However, for our boat, 1. I'm not sure if this IS osmosis 2. I'm not sure how to check how bad it is. The symptoms are that...

Couple of points to add for people that can think outside the box. Not everyone has access to cheap books. I live in Asia. I can't buy these books here in the shops. Period. I COULD buy them on-line - though no company will ship out here. So i would then have to buy them on line, ship them to a...

For me it's quicker rigging and derigging. I had the pleasure of rigging and sailing a Byte recently. In case ya dont know - the mast stays up and the sail is raised on a halyard and zips around the mast. This is a one person job and takes seconds. Fitting the sail like a sock over the mast is...

Oh yes i forgot to mention - she has hair down to her ankles. The number of times i've had to untangle it from the vang....................

How tall are you? I am 6foot 1. I don't fully use the hiking strap. I can sit so the bones in my butt are hanging over the side of the boat. With my legs stretched, i can reach put my feet under the hiking strap, and kinda grip that plastic lip (toerail ?) that runs along the inside of the...

Wow - thanks for all the replies guys.I think i might approach the sailing club then to see how they would feel about me racing with their cruising fleet?One thing i did notice, and maybe this is just me, i seem to be affected by the tide more than in a keelboat.I have been hiked out and loving...

I wonder how a laser compares against a modern sailing boat over a regatta race course? I figured just a standard 30 odd foot cruising boat - nothing special. The answer to this leads me onto my main question. Could a laser enter a sailing regatta against other sailboats. Where i live, there...

Hello Yes indeed there are numbers and letters under the bow eye They are SE 040 Can anyone help me find where it was made from these? Mark

Yes - that's what i read on the laser Uk website. I will have another look next weekend when i sail again, but so far the only numbers i have seen are the ones on a sticker on the transom side of the cockpit. There are no letters at all on it. I think the best bet is for me to photo them and...

thanks for the reply Merrily. I was confused about the details of exactly what and where are the required numbers and letters. On the above website it gave an example which had letters prefixing the numbers. My boat only has 2 silver coloured stickers inside the cockpit stating that it is a...

Hello. The number on my transom is 153722. I had a look on http://www.lasersailing.com/boat-info/uk/introduction which says my boat was manufactured in 1994. I would like to know if there is any way i can find out where it was made and by which company. I bought the boat for 45,000 Thai Baht -...

OMG you guys are so lucky. My cunningham is just one length of rope which i loop back and forth on itself a couple of times, then run it through something on the deck with a brake on it, then tie a stopper not. I thought it was just to pull the bottom of the sail down towards the boom? Yours...

The waters are warm warm warm warm all year round. There are only 2 seasons here, Hot and dry, and Hot and wet. It's hot all year round. During the "summer" it's surfing season, but that is for the west coast beaches, on the east coast there is no surf. There is varaiable wind all year round...

Yes indeed it is Skiff Asia. Have a look at http://www.skiffasia.com/The first paragraphs say it all - it's only half open and most of the boats are for sale. Read into that what you will. I havent been on the sailing scene for long enough to know happened or is happening to them. We share...