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    Help with a bizarre radial sail...

    Hi all. I've been offered a radial sail, which had a really strange metal bracket with it.... The sail is open at the top of the luff tube (no webbing at the top), and it looks like the bracket is there to fit over the top of the mast, then you're supposed to tie the top of the sail to it. I'm...
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    Problem with pointing...

    Hi all. I've recently been doing some race training with a couple of different trainers / good Laser sailors. The training was Laser to Laser on the water, and they both separately identified that I can't / don't point 'high enough' when sailing upwind (but my downwind speed is good). My...
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    Advice about outhaul fairlead please!

    Hi all. My Laser has been trouble free-for a while now, apart from the tendancy to tip me into the water without warning occasionally....! However, I've recently hit the problem that my outhaul primary line (I think that's what it's called - the one I don't touch) keeps jamming in the tiny gap...
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    Opinions please! Bung in or bung out? - In the boat park!

    Hi all. Yet another question for you all.... Basically, when a Laser is laid up in the boat park, should I just leave the bung in tight, or loosen it off? When I first learned to sail I remember being told to leave it loose so the hull wouldn't expand & contract with changes in temperature...
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    Help please! What size rivets to use?

    Hi all. I'm finally getting around to doing all the boat maintenance tasks I've been meaning to do all winter... One job I have to do is to remove, re-seal, and replace the mast plugs on the upper mast section (as previously advised on this forum - to stop it filling with water when...
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    Maximum sailable wind speed...?

    Hi all. Following a recent 'difficult' sail, I've been wondering what the maximum sailable wind speed is in a standard rig Laser? By way of background, I've been sailing for about 4 years, and Lasers for the last 3 of those. I'm 5'9" and about 13st (82.5kg) plus kit!. I've only recently bought...
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    How do I keep water out of the upper mast section?

    Hi all. I've recently bought a (2nd hand) Laser, and done a fair bit of work replacing tired rigging etc. I was pretty happy with it until after I took it out in a real old blow a couple of weeks ago. Inevitably I capsized several times, and spent a fair bit of time in the water; I found that...

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