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Hey all, ARGH! On my first outing of the year I tore my sail. I'm pretty sure it's because it must have been pinched by the upper and lower mast sections and then tore when I tightened the cunningham. Anyone ever repair this kind of damage? I don't race competitively and this is just a...

I bought my '79 Laser a few weeks ago and sailed it a few times now. Each time there was lots of water in the hull, so I did a soap test today and found the culprit. It seems to be the bailer hole. See the pictures attached. Bubbles were a plenty both on the bottom and in the cockpit. In...

I'm a pretty green sailor and I just recently got my first Laser. I was out the other day in about 8-10kts of wind and 1-2 foot waves. When on a reach I was having to fight the tiller to go straight. I tried moving my weight forward, then back and not much was helping. Can anyone tell this...

Hey all, I just got my new (1979) Laser and replaced most the rigging since it was old and hard. While I was at it I gave the vang a little upgrade by adding a block and making it an 8:1. I used the figure 2 from this site: http://www.wvaegir.nl/newrig_2.html Well, didn't go so well once...