Thank you for this .... I've ignored the energy aspects of a long day on the water!
At the 1978 (I think) Laser midwinters on Biscayne Bay we were on the water all day ....... the Coral Gables Yacht Club support boats came by and threw us a paper bag lunch which of course landed in the salt...
The key is just to get some dry, preferably warm air flowing through the hull.
I brought a hull inside my house once after moving out from parents and before being married.
If you are married or living with parents this tactic might get you kicked out to the shed.
OK I need help .... I admit it.
I'm 63 .... run 3 miles several days a week, bicycle 10 - 20 miles, kayak for 60 minutes upstream and back home, weight machines at the athletic club, ..... the darn Laser wears me out sailing more than four or five 45 minute races in an afternoon ...... do I...
Good article .... I'm a wet suit kinda guy.
Progressively as it gets colder, thin wet suit shorts (1 mm), shorty wet suit, farmer john 3 mm, add a wet suit top, spray top, wet suit boots.
NRS has a great line of limestone based wet suit products made for kayaking that are moderately priced...
A full beer can does make a handy wind velocity indicator though.
Set on top of a piling at the dock, ......... if it blows off its probably too windy for the full rig.
Takes a little practice and daring ..... on a lightish day just let the main out and keep bearing off til you are by the lee .. get your tell tails flowing backwards from the leach to the luff ...... heeling the boom up a bit ....... the key is getting airflow over the sail backwards from what...
Is it an appearance issue or cracked gel coat?
Like above, I'd avoid painting. Intensive scrubbing the deck with a stiff brush and Comet cleanser.
A Laser with a slick deck would be like trying to ride a greased pig. :eek:
The bottom can be wet sanded with 400 / 600 grit to bring back...
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