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Hi, Probably applies only to the master's category - I might have an inguinal hernia, due to see the doc for a check up this week. Has anyone gone through this before? Are my laser sailing days over! I suppose it's the usual first question any fanatic asks with any sort of injury - will I ever...

Hi - looking for a little help please .... There is a hand book about Lasers - very thorough, guidelines on just about everything from rigging, upwind, downwind, tactics and weather. I don't think this was published nor is for sale, you just download it as a PDF. I believe it was written in...

Hi - just a couple of questions, probably covered before but I'm genuinely stuck for a solution. I'm normally pretty competent around 15-20kts, but recently we had 25kts plus. Looking forward to a real blast but that's not quite how it turned out!! First question - upwind was surprsingly OK...

Hi, Does anyone have any feedback if they have actually used one of the 8.1 rigs for 6-12 months or so. Suppose you weigh in at 100 kg (like me), are you now competitive against the fleet in 8-10 knots. Above 15+ knots - Is there a big step up from the std rig - with average ability can you...

Hi - just fitted new springs to the bailer. On replacing and screwing down the bailer, I noticed quite a bit c 2-3mm of the front lip of the bailer not sitting flush with the hull. I tried several times to refit but still couldn't get it to sit flush. Maybe it was always like that, maybe the...

Hi, Does anyone have a tip to point a bit higher - say you are about 50m from the WW mark and you reckon you could make it without tacking if you could only get a couple more degrees of point! I'm guessing you can adjust your vang and/or cunni and/or outhaul and/or something else (heel, sheet...

Two questions about capsizing down wind: 1. Anyone have a good, fast technique to right the boat after a capsize to WW. To be more specific, I had been practicing BTL in 15-20 knots and had a few spectacular capsizes. The boat took a LONG time to right - it didn't go turtle but the boom was...

Hi - just a simple question about downwind (if there is such a thing as a simple question!) : I have sailed fairly successfully by going by the lee downwind in light air. However, attempts at BTL during racing in heavier winds have been dramatically costly - I ease out the sail, wobble, boat...

Hi - I seem to have big trouble detecting headers going upwind, getting out of phase with the shifts - so even with comprable boat speed (being genourous to myself!) I am well behind the leaders at the weather mark. Does any one have some good tips - tack on headers - but when do you know it's...

Suppose its easy to assume you simply adjust body position/ strap tension until you find what works, but this is proving strangely elusive, even after several races. I have done plenty of work on abs and quads, but seem to feel pretty awkward and soon tire no matter what I try. Possibly I'm...

Hi there, Anyone have any hope/ advice for Laser sailor with back pain - boo hoo!! Have been off the water for about 2 months with lower back pain and a bit of sciatica. I have had bucket loads of professional help - osteopath, physiotherapist etc. Heeding their advice and taking it easy at...

Hi, can anyone help with a few "rules of thumb" about current/ tides etc when going around the course. I have read a few articles but struggling a bit with them. If there are some simple rules (Ok, there probably arent any simple rules!) to follow in various scenarios - beating, reaching...

Hi there, I had to borrow a boat last time out and took extra care rigging up, or so I thought. Alas, the velcro clew strap became detached, just a few minutes before the start. It was impossible to fix so i decided to get on with it (er - without it, if u know what i mean!) Not a bad start but...

Hi All, Just wondered if any one can help with a pain I've started getting just below inside elbow esp. when beating upwind. Grip, exercises? Still hurts a bit even when not sailing. Might be tennis elbow?? Laser elbow - har, har?? Ouch, that hurt .... Thanks

Hi - please could I get some help on getting out of irons! First question - is there a good step by step process to get out of irons? It seems to take ages to get the boat to turn into a tack and get steerage. Often, I am sitting there squatting pushing/ pulling the tiller and getting...

Hi - can anyone suggest a good set up for rigging the rudder/ tiller. Also how to adjust the angle of the tiller - mine tends to brush against the traveller cleat, a few millimeters would fix it. I have got myself a megabolt, an optiparts cam cleat and some rivets. Are there any pictures/...