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For the break under the kicker (vang), did it happen after or as you were gybing? This could be because the top of your mast is twisting with the sail, while the bottom is pressed against the mast step so hard it doesnt twist as fast. This makes it snap right at the deck, which is pretty close...

Re: OK - whats this? did they give them all new sails for the medal race?? seing that their sails are numbered 1-10 (I assume)

l'eau rider eau is french for water by the way

and radial results: www.rhyc.on.ca/Lilac/lf06-radialnh.html

You bet

won't you end up on the same tack?? tack, then gybe and your back where you started, then do it again..you're still on the same tack

if you can't control your boat enough to make a quick gybe when letting your main out, you might be better off keeping it in..You won't lose as much on your gybes this way

if you are going downwind on a starboard tack what i like to do is have one foot against the front of the cockpit, and the other towards the back, hooked around the hiking strap. This locks me into the boat and makes it easy to force the boat onto a wave. Also, if i start to roll i pull in my...

Last year this happened to four sails at my club in 3 days! (One of them was mine) You'll have to open up the seam on the sail if you want to do a 'proper' job of it which will get kind of tricky if you havent done it before. Unless you know how to do it might be best to get a sailmaker to do...

not having enough vang on can also lose you the boom...tried to re-tie my outhaul on water once in 20 kts by taking off the vang...dumped, lost the boom, and drifted around for 20 mins till I was rescued

There's the mother's day regatta in whitby: May 6-7 Mother's Day Regatta Allan May 905-831-7724 Frenchman's Bay Yacht Club Laser, Laser Radial, Laser2 from: http://ontariosailing.ca/Racing/Schedules/Dinghy_2006.php

Found 4 pics of me there...too bad the previews are so small

I also wondered about that. The clearwater site says that pictures will be up shortly on that site so those pictures might become available there. http://www.clwyc.org/LaserMidwintersEast06/

Here's a nice picture showing the conditions on the last day of midwinters...Sorry about the quality

Last year I generally sailed radials, but sometimes I trained in full rigs. I found it pretty good to master the waves and wind in 25 kt in a full rig, and then go into a heavy-air radial regatta. That way I was in full control of the boat downwind. Upwind I could also last longer.

By the way, your link to your site about winter maintenance links to http://schrothfiberglass.com/LaserMaint.htm8 instead of http://schrothfiberglass.com/LaserMaint.htm just thought I'd point that out for you

This is my hiking bench. I built it last winter by measuring off my laser. The dimensions should be pretty good, and it has a rounded edge on the deck, much like the laser. The hiking strap is an extra one for my boat. I also have a rope pulling on a bungee on a purchase system, acting like a...

I think many race committees would have a hard time running this system. You basically need to set aside an extra day for this format, because of protests. At a regional, weekend events this would not be feasible. I think this system should only be used at certainl regattas, ie. qualifying...

Is it just as beneficial to raise the centre board in a full rig as in a radial?? I've never heard of it before, so ill give it a try next time