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    Unstable foils

    Hi, I leave my foils in a thermal bag under the top cover in the boat during the summer club racing season. They warp! My rudder grows lumps each year and I have to cut it back to the rusting reinforcement, fill with epoxy and fair in the spring. Plan A - buy a set of the new FRP class legal...
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    Class Politics  Is it time to allow digital compass'

    I searched the forum but could not find a good explanation why digital compass' are not class legal. The one thread I found mentioned that the digital compass is class legal in the Fin fleet. Seems to me that our fleet could move forward with this change. The cost of a Nexus plus fittings is...
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    Flat Seitech dolly tire

    Anyone know how to repair a Seitech dolly tire (it does not hold air for more than a day) Does it have a tube inside? Can you get the tire off the rim yourself or do I need to take it to a car tire repair shop? Any ideas?
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    Berlin

    I am lucky enough to travel to Berlin for business every 3 months or so - as I fly in to Tegel I see some pretty big lakes - and sometimes some sailboats. Is there a laser racing scene in Berlin? It would be a blast trying to get out and meet the locals. Does anyone know how it works there?
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    Downwind technique 20kt

    So after slogging uphill towards the topmark in 20kts, I let off vang, cunningham, outhaul and pull up daggerboard halfway - let out main as fast as I can while I bear away keeping the boat as flat as possible. Up she pops onto the plane, heading downwind - then splash - big deathroll that I...
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    Where to sail in Dubai?

    I am lucky enough to be in Dubai on business this week - anyone know where I can go laser sailing - rentals etc. I have got time on Sat and Sunday. The lakes back home are frozen and the water out here looks inviting - good breeze yesterday!
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    Daggerboard fell thru when I was turtled

    I had a great sail yesterday - 15 to 20kts, just having a blast sailing and not racing for a change - after dumping 2-3 times the mast got full of water so the boat turtled quite fast - next time I dumped it turtled and the daggerboard slid nearly all the way thru. I got the boat back on its...
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    Top section bend - what is the best alignment

    I bent my top section and then end-to-ended it - so I now have a bend about 2 ft from the top of the mast - this offsets the tip of the mast about 1/2 to 1 inch from the straight position - what is the best position to set up the mast? I have been sailing and racing with the bend pointing...
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    How to fix Rudder pox?

    Hello, I am new to lasers and plan to race when spring comes around - I have just got a 2002 - the hull is in pretty good shape but I need some advice how to fix up the rudder. There are rust spots on the blade - most are only superficial but with some it looks like the reinforcing bar is...

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