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    How to get money sailing

    at wuz ahwsum, Nate! This poor kid, getting grief from everyone, and deservedly so. But this was constructive sponsorship advice from Nate. At least this kid is doing something besides playing with his ipod and texting his friends while sitting right next to them. My high school didn't have a...
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    Boom Reinforcing Sleeve installation

    I'm really not an expert aluminum fabricator, but my guess is that to get the benefit or a sleeve, you need to rivet it tight in as many places as possible, and that would be putting fangs through the vang, er, rivets.
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    Boom Reinforcing Sleeve installation

    I took the sleeve just past the mainsheet mid block, but first drilled and riveted the vang on. Seems to hold up okay in the breeze. To save your end caps, drop a heavy drill bit in through the gooseneck hole and keep tilting it end to end like a rainstick. The weight of the drop will keep your...
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    Boom Reinforcing Sleeve installation

    San Francisco? Try Santa Cruz. As luck had it for the NorCal Championships, where it often blows in the 25 NAUT range, a front came through and while trucks were overturning on the bay bridge, it was even windier on the coast in SC. Bravery vs. Idiocy, 14 boats ventured out and one lap was...
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    Boom Reinforcing Sleeve installation

    I through bolted and the boom broke the next day in 35 at Santa Cruz.
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    boat numbers california

    Thanks. Good luck in the Olympics. Hope they don't boycott yours like they did ours (Talin)
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    boat numbers california

    So does the blue square reg. need to go on the mast? Did I not need to go through the rigamarole of registering at all? I race, but practice as well. Actually, just getting back into it 30 years after going to the Laser Worlds in Brazil. 25 years of windsurfing in Hawaii! I like to sail by the...
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    boat numbers california

    Was wondering about whether I need to put registration numbers on the bow for sailing a laser in california. Thanks.

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