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I've not tried them myself but they did have a demonstration set-up on a stand at this year's Dinghy Show - the plastic 'keeper' arrangement worked far better than I'd expected but not sure how much it costs in comparison to the standard set-up Cheers, Nigel

The Aluminium version of the outhaul / traveller fairlead is no longer available from Laser Performance in the UK........I tried to order some a few weeks ago and was told that they no longer supply them - that said, I think Rooster still list them so there may be some available. The other type...

Matt, if you find that you're left with some of the self adhesive stuck to the sail (quite likely !) you can buy a product in Lakeland called "Sticky Stuff Remover" it works very well - see link below...

Yes.........and with a name like Bianco you wont be surprised to find out that most of it was white. It would originally been supplied with white spars and a white rudder assembly, Hope that helps, Nigel

You can buy the Teflon discs for about £2.99 each in the UK, however, look up 1mm PTFE sheet on Ebay and you'll find that you can buy a small sheet for about £6. Using the kitchen scissors, it didn't take me long to cut-out about 15 discs (60mm diameter from memory), Hope that helps, Nigel

.......that seems to have worked then - lol Gouvernail, you seem to forget that there are people out there who don't race in Laser events.........some people don't race at all and personally I'd much rather see some our clubs Lasers sailors out on the water enjoying themselves than getting all...

.......at the risk of 'lighting the blue touch-paper'..... As I understand it, you can only use a sail sold by Laser Performance for official Laser sailing events (this sail sail has a red Laser logo and a red button in the bottom corner of the sail. What you have is an aftermarket sail which...

I tried the Harken 'hook' and also the Harken boom slider assembly / device - I subsequently found out that the eye / cringle on the Rooster 8.1 sail was slightly fatter than the one on a standard sail and that it didn't locate securely when I used that rig. In the end I attached a spring loaded...

One very basic consideration is gloves - if you sail with decent gloves you can get away with a thinner mainsheet. I changed my mainsheet to Rooster's 6mm Polilite about a year ago just to test it out and haven't bothered to change it back to the 7mm version - that said, I always wear gloves but...

I think the metric equivalent is a 4.8mm rivet (in 12mm and 20mm lengths fitted into a 5mm hole ?). I used Telgel as an anti-corrosion paste - because it's supplied in a syringe with a tiny applicator brush, it's very easy to apply without getting it plastered all over the boat. It's quite...

I've just tried that one and it didn't work for me, All the tyre fitting guys seem to have Sunday as their day off so I'll try to pay one a visit during the week, Cheers, Nigel

Hi Folks, Well I've done some measuring, I taped a wooden strip to the front bulkhead and measured from that - I reckon the screw holes are exactly 40mm from that (see the photo below if that doesn't make sense) One thing that intrigues me is that the the white part of the brake is...

Thanks Eric, I've tried the first idea, but I think you're right, I reckon that it needs a decent high pressure air line to do the job properly (a contribution to the tea / coffee / Beer fund at the local tyre fitters ?) I guess that moral of this story is that if you see your tyre looking a...

Hi everyone, The tyre (tire) on one of my launching trolley( dolly) wheels was a bit soft when I launched the boat this morning and when I returned to shore the wheel was completely flat - it might have had something to do with the water temperature, it really was that cold ! No problem I...

I'm hoping to sail at the weekend but forecast is looking pretty dire for my part of the world (the wind blowing dogs off their chains, very cold with snow showers ?:eek:) - we'll have to see how it pans out. I'll also try to take a better quality photo once I've tested the position of the...