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Negativity When the rule changes were being debated Vanguard told the laser class that we were losing sailors because the boat was simply too difficult to sail in heavy air because the outdated control setup. This is true, the laser is EXTREMELY difficult to sail if you have trouble powering...

Upgrades After being out of the class for several years because of my frustration over the new rules changes, I find it interesting that spars are failing, this was the argument that many of us made against the new control system. But since Vanguards profit margins are the real driving force...

kinetics Kinetics are a tough subject to deal with in every fleet. We can look at olympic windsurfing if we want an example of what happens when you go to an "everything goes" rule. If we legalize all forms of kinetics then the athletic sailors will benifit more then the skilled sailors who...