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    Flying Laser!

    Cool!
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    Laser® Sailing Calendar

    Dude, Sweet!
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    Laser® Sailing Calendar

    I would buy one
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    Rigging sail in a breeze

    I usually roll the sail around the mast then put it in the step then un-roll it.
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    Terminology

    Is there a website I can go to that explains some of the terminology used here? For example, what is pinching?
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    Maximum sailable wind speed...?

    For me, and I am VERY new to the sport... 12 MPH winds are about perfect and anything over about 18 starts to get hard to handle the boat. As I gained confidence over the summer, I felt more and more comfortable in higher winds. Still though, I cant imagine 46 MPH gusts!!
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    Sail cloth comparison between legal and "replica"

    I have not read the class rules.
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    What is this part?

    Looks like some kind of old vang or something.
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    Anyone in Minnesota?

    *I am new to the sport. I took a learn to sail class and we used 420’s. I find the laser to be a different animal though. I have gone to Lake Phalen a few times so far and I am having trouble balancing the boat. I am sure this comes with experience but I would like to watch a race. I think I...
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    New (to me) laser :)

    That is a 4x8 utility trailer that was modified with those carved rails. It works pretty good too. The boat is a 1980
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    New (to me) laser :)

    I am new to sailing. Just picked this one up, my first boat and it RAWKS!
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    how bad are these cracks?

    I guess this one has one of the kits in it..... The price is right though, for a n00b getting started.
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    how bad are these cracks?

    Looking at this boat and I am curious if these are something to be concerned about.... The mast step was reinforced about 3 years ago..
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    Age range?

    Cool, thanks! There is a club not far from me that rents out Laser 420's I will go check it out. I didn't know what a 420 was so I googled it. Those look pretty fast :)
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    Age range?

    I have always been interested in sailing but I grew up in an area where there is not much water. I recently relocated to MN and I thought I could finally try it out.... I am 30, and it seems the classes are mostly geared towards children or teens at least for the small boats. Are there adults...

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