Recent content by sailor1994

im 16 lol, so no kids

on my boat ( a '74 laser) it had a wooden block on either side under the deck for the screw to bite into when you install the cleat. my boat is very old and the wood was rotted so i used 2 inspection ports on either side of the daggerboard trunk to reach and install nuts and bolts rather than...

open up in what way? Its got a zipper mesh bag for all your accessories like the vang, extra lines and all that good stuff. its got a pretty heavy duty zipper along the top edge to insert the center board and its got a large pocket on front that opens by velcro and has another unsealed pocket...

i got an intensity sails blade bag along with a bunch of other stuff to fix up my '74 laser. The bag is pretty cool and very well priced ( i think its like half the cost of others). Its overall very well built and designed with thought, you can read all about it on their site. i got my sail in...

*edit* we just got a bunch of rain here in NY and to my surprise, i checked on my boat and the entire cover was drenched like a wet towel and i had to drain bout 2 inches of water out of the cockpit. on top of that, the pollen from all the falling flowers from the trees left my cover a brown...

I just got one! If your talking about the intensity sails tyvec cover, then i dont think theres a catch about it. I got mine about a week ago and finally got around to putting it on my laser today. Its material (tyvec) feels like as long as you dont really push it, it can hold up as a standard...

I went outside today to check on my laser for the 1st time since last summer, and I noticed something that I hadent noticed before. I guess the elements of the seasons may have caused it because it was only covered by a tarp, hull side up. The entire starboard and port side starting from the...

thanks, anyone think the flexing of the soft hull (its almost 40 years old) is going to be problematic for the paint (like will the flexing cuse the paint to chip or fall off or crack)

good luck! be sure to take pictures and post what you did to paint the boat because im painting my '74 laser soon and to see what you did would help alot!

Hopefully this will be one of my last questions, if I do get primer how many coats of primer and how many coats of topcoat will I need. And iv heard that thinner is needed when you mix topcoat. Is there any guid I can follow to know how much thinner I need to mix if im going to be doing the roll...

i really dont know why the bubbling is happening, but maybe some minor sanding can get rid of it or if you decide to paint iv got another thread up right now that alot of people on here have been contributing to, about exactly how to paint the laser ( i have a 1974 laser aswell)

thanks for pointing out the de-waxer, i wouldn't have thought to do that. You think ill be fine with just preparing the boat like you said above and painting it with topcoat or is primer really necessary (im trying to keep the cost down)

it las alot of spider cracks, some that are about 2 or 3 feet lon, but not deep, i actually cant remember if there are any deep scratches on the boat, its been a long winter Ill uncover the bat when i get home and check out if the cracks are deep enough to be filled. NEXT QUESTION: should...

Ill be ordering a 3m paint fume, pesticide respirator as soon as i can figure out what size i need! does anyone have any suggestions on filling in all the spider cracks before i paint? will the paint fill in the cracks or do they have to be filled first? any suggestions on what kind of filler...

EDIT: what kinda paint is recommended for painting a laser?, interlux perfection?