Recent content by nateowens

Hi Mike, Great point about old guard and new guard. I would take that one step back and add the caveat that we are not talking about old guard laser sailors [read: Laser Masters, Laser Grand Masters and so on] They are rock solid salt of the earth folks. I hope as I age I can compete as...

Hi Unknown Master, No, you are incorrect. There may be children learning to read on this forum and you are obligated to provide them a higher level of education than this. What is the world coming to with Mommy Boats radioing juniors wind readings and shifts from the weather mark and folks...

Hi Deimos, I thought about your comments and we have a great discussion going. Gross is a very subjective word. It's meaning is in the eye of the beholder. Imagine if other ISAF rules were as subjective. [i.e. rule 42] On the water we are fully responsible for abiding by the rules...

Hi Folks, Any debate of the rules should list the rule.. "When a protest committee, from its own observation or a report received from any source, believes that a competitor may have committed a gross breach of a rule, good manners or sportsmanship, or may have brought the sport into...

Hi Digital Compass Salesman, Please refer back to the "Should we allow Weatherfax?" posts. I hate the idea of a digital compass and the flood of expensive electronic devices that would follow. This class is designed to make only changes to reduce the time needed to rig, increase sailor...

Hi, There's all kinds of info out there on prices for used lasers. It a subjective value, rather than a value based depreciation off the price in 87', which incidentally was probably less than the current asking price. If the boat has a good smooth solid hull, upgrades and a good sail then...

Hi Good Sailor Looking for Sponsorship, How are you? As a sponsored sailor throughout most of my life, I wanted to share my experience in how I went about earning such a thing. I have been sailing nearly all my life on all sorts of different boats. I was building up my skills and...

Hi Wavedancer, Thanks for your reply and your support. The dinghy membership or associate membership is exactly what I'm encouraging. I applaud Columbia Sailing Club for having a by law supporting just such a thing. I was in Columbia, SC on assignment for three months. I applied through an...

Ashley, Great to hear from you. I miss racing there too! A combination of having to tow my laser back and forth and new consulting projects has kept me from Charleston sailing for the time being. That's just the kind of idea I was hoping for! Is that an original idea? Or did CODA exist...

Hi Melges, Thanks for your continued interest and great comments. Based on some recommendations coming from the forum I've been spending the past few weeks in Annapolis getting to know the sailing scene. I came here temporarily for my job but I may stay for the sailing. I drove up here...

Hi Folks, I am active alumnus member of my college sailing team. I put together an article for their webpage that I thought I might pass along to you. Now, I realize that my audience here on the Laser forum is slightly different than a college sailing team. However, it may strike a few...

Hi Wavedancer, Next time you have the duct tape wear down, then do yourself a a little do it yourself activity.. Get yourself some heat shrink tape from your local hardware store. Then put it between the blocks and lite a match. The heat tape lasts years instead of months. Cheers,

Hi Folks, I will be sticking with the original design traveler blocks. I have no complaints and couldn't imagine anything else giving me a better or lower cost sailing experience. The original design has lasted for nearly four decades.. That's a pretty good design. Plus.. $100?! That...

Hi Folks, Over the weekend I visited SSA in Annspolis for the first time. I was amazed. I was awed. I fell in love. [yes, despite the very strange wind conditions and 300 degree wind oscilations] It was just about everything I am looking for in a club. It inspired me to do one of two...

Yeap. I slide the dolly back so that it has some overhang. Then I tie it down. Keep the pointy side up, Nate Owens District 12