I recently bought an '86 Laser and I have a couple questions about it...
Some questions about its condition
1, Deck- The hull seemed good when I was looking at it but after I got it home I started looking at it a little closer and noticed that one side of the deck where you sit is a little soft near the edge of the foot well. When looking for delamination I was looking for bubbles not a larger area like this. The edge of the foot well is firm then the deck dips right after the radius. The other side is straight from the radius to the outside perimeter of the deck. My question, how critical is fixing this?
2. Black Gel coat- The hull has a black strip. There is one gouge in the black area that is about 1/4" wide and 1-1/2" long. I'd like to repair this but don't know where to get a small about of black that matches. Any suggestions? I'd hate to have to buy a quart for just this small area.
3. Traveler Fairleads- One of the traveler fairleads was cracked and I ordered an aluminum replacement from Intensity Sails along with a few other things. The fairlead I received from them has hole spacing of about 23mm which are closer together then the fairleads on the boat. The fittings on the boat have hole spacing of about 26mm. Any idea why the discrepancy? Intensity insists there's is the standard size. I also ordered a sunfish bullseye fairlead for the sail downhull hoping it would fit. Mine had a standard fairlead which, from what I've seen, might have been standard on this vintage Laser. Well the Sunfish fitting fit fine. It had the same hole spacing as the rest of my fairleads and other fittings.
4. I bought a new hiking strap from Intensity and it didn't come with the rear line. I was looking at the XD rigging guide and found a rigging diagram to use. The one thing it doesn't indicate is the diameter of the line. Does anyone know if its 3, 4, or 5mm? I think the document mentions the dimension on all the other lines but not this one.
5. Mast Step reinforcement? Everything around the mast seems really solid. The hole looks solid and holds water. Is it imperative to cut the access hole and reinforce it? There is an access hole/cover near the back of the dagger board as I've seen in many images. I haven't looked through that hole to inspect the mast step.
6. Lines- Looks like I need to replace some lines. Recommendations on what to use? Manufacture/model and colors? Is there a specific color per function?
I'm sure there's more I just can't remember right now. Thanks!
Some questions about its condition
1, Deck- The hull seemed good when I was looking at it but after I got it home I started looking at it a little closer and noticed that one side of the deck where you sit is a little soft near the edge of the foot well. When looking for delamination I was looking for bubbles not a larger area like this. The edge of the foot well is firm then the deck dips right after the radius. The other side is straight from the radius to the outside perimeter of the deck. My question, how critical is fixing this?
2. Black Gel coat- The hull has a black strip. There is one gouge in the black area that is about 1/4" wide and 1-1/2" long. I'd like to repair this but don't know where to get a small about of black that matches. Any suggestions? I'd hate to have to buy a quart for just this small area.
3. Traveler Fairleads- One of the traveler fairleads was cracked and I ordered an aluminum replacement from Intensity Sails along with a few other things. The fairlead I received from them has hole spacing of about 23mm which are closer together then the fairleads on the boat. The fittings on the boat have hole spacing of about 26mm. Any idea why the discrepancy? Intensity insists there's is the standard size. I also ordered a sunfish bullseye fairlead for the sail downhull hoping it would fit. Mine had a standard fairlead which, from what I've seen, might have been standard on this vintage Laser. Well the Sunfish fitting fit fine. It had the same hole spacing as the rest of my fairleads and other fittings.
4. I bought a new hiking strap from Intensity and it didn't come with the rear line. I was looking at the XD rigging guide and found a rigging diagram to use. The one thing it doesn't indicate is the diameter of the line. Does anyone know if its 3, 4, or 5mm? I think the document mentions the dimension on all the other lines but not this one.
5. Mast Step reinforcement? Everything around the mast seems really solid. The hole looks solid and holds water. Is it imperative to cut the access hole and reinforce it? There is an access hole/cover near the back of the dagger board as I've seen in many images. I haven't looked through that hole to inspect the mast step.
6. Lines- Looks like I need to replace some lines. Recommendations on what to use? Manufacture/model and colors? Is there a specific color per function?
I'm sure there's more I just can't remember right now. Thanks!