How do you rig when it's breezy?

Hey, I woke up with this idea for a poll, but I see that the Gouv beat me to it. I'm going ahead, because my options are different. (My poll is better!)

I guess i do like i normaly do. just attach the clue and outhaul on the dock.

Hey sk8ing sailor voted twice?

Merrily said:

Hey, I woke up with this idea for a poll, but I see that the Gouv beat me to it. I'm going ahead, because my options are different. (My poll is better!)

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Normally, my butler does the rigging, but he didn't show up for work today

what do you put as your vote if you rig it entirely onshore then just push it into the water... provided its head to wind and you have a good dolly you shouldnt really have any problems rigging the boat

rerun said:

what do you put as your vote if you rig it entirely onshore then just push it into the water... provided its head to wind and you have a good dolly you shouldnt really have any problems rigging the boat

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I think that 'Attach clew on dock or shore, then place in water ' is the closest to that isnt it?

I tie the boat up to the dock... We had 18kts at the lake this past saturday, and I found that an extra set of hands really helped.

There's sort of two threads on this topic, but the person who had the rule where if he could not rig it up by himself he was not going to go sailing...

IMHO, I think getting an extra set of hands and gettoing rigged is worth it, even if you've only sailed 4-5 times. I learned the most about the laser when I was trying to fight too much wind for my skill level. Just my $0.02...

pez said:

IMHO, I think getting an extra set of hands and gettoing rigged is worth it, even if you've only sailed 4-5 times. I learned the most about the laser when I was trying to fight too much wind for my skill level. Just my $0.02...

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Know what you mean.... did that for three seasons, until I broached 70kgs... it git better real quick from there...

I rig the mast boom everything on the ground then mucsle the mast up and in the hole. Most the time looking for women to show off to, but only when my girlfriend isn't around.

I find that rigging on shore is the best option, because you're generally not blocked by a dock/whatever, so that you can rig with the wind from any direction. then you can put in the dolly in any orientation and have the sail luffing. It's also harder to rig in the water anyway, and doing it on a windy day is even more difficult.

jamesfreedman said:

I muscle the mast up and in the hole. Most the time looking for women to show ...my girlfriend isn't around.

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Quoting out of context is a blast!!!

Gouvernail, you always say something funny. this was by far one of the funniest

It's interesting to me that putting the hull in the water, then rigging, has so few replies. Most of the people at my club do it this way. Now I know that they are just weird! Really, I've seen lots of this at other clubs, too, where there are narrow docks and sea walls to lift the boats over.

I do it in the water

The boat is tied to the dock most of the time... unless the breeze is offshore it's way easier for me... stepping the mast is the hardest part.

I rig my boat onshore, just make sure you do it 5 minutes before you launch your boat off the slibway, otherwise it'll damage your sail.

Here we sail off the beach, so it's head to wind on the dolly, and then wrestle the mast into the mast step. Fight with the sail to get the clew attached, then launch (waiting for the gaps in the waves...)..

Rigging in surf is not exactly an option!

I've never rigged a regatta sail on the boat in any breeze. Instead I put the whole rig together with the rig lying on the grass; get the boat at the water's edge; pick the rig up, drop it in, finish the downhaul and mainsheet and go out and reach around while the vang gets tied to the CB.

That way you can use a single sail for ages, because it never flogs which is what kills them. Of course, it's not worse the hassle unless (like me) you sail so many boats you have to watch the $$$$$$.

HECS said:

I've never rigged a regatta sail on the boat in any breeze. Instead I put the whole rig together with the rig lying on the grass; get the boat at the water's edge; pick the rig up, drop it in, finish the downhaul and mainsheet and go out and reach around while the vang gets tied to the CB.

That way you can use a single sail for ages, because it never flogs which is what kills them. Of course, it's not worse the hassle unless (like me) you sail so many boats you have to watch the $$$$$$.

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Do you capsize in between races while everyone else is flogging their sails waiting for the next race ?

Nope, I reach around with less vang and downhaul so the sail is full, but not working too hard.

I just don't like to treat sails as disposable items.....strange but true.

I rig in very shallow water, not even up to my knees. I launch the boat off a narrow dock that is 90 deg to the prevailing wind. Tie it to a larger dock then walk the sail down the larger dock from the lawn plop the mast in the step and walk around the boat in the water to do the rigging.

When I go to a to any other place I usually launch off of a dolly rully rigged

Two words- Clew Hook

Attach clew and rig outhaul while the mast and boom assembly are lying flat on the ground, then step the mast and connect everything else up except the mainsheet depending on how much of a lee shore there is.

crazyuncle said:

Attach clew and rig outhaul while the mast and boom assembly are lying flat on the ground, then step the mast and connect everything else up except the mainsheet depending on how much of a lee shore there is.

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Enough people have mentioned this option, so I've added it to the poll.

Compared to our RS200, rigging on the shore is easy, but once on the boom I tend to get the laser in the water quickly as I can keeping as head to wind as the slipway allows. hardest part is getting the trolley back on the bank!