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I need to get an aluminium trolley as I'm going to be car topping my boat this season for some long distance driving and I don't want to be lugging around the one that fits on my trailer. Two options: http://www.optimistonline.co.uk/acatalog/Laser_Trolley.html...

Yup, it's on the dreaded May Bank holiday, which probably means there'll be no wind and it'll p**s with rain. Not to mention the +50% travel time both on the way there and back :p Anyway, who's going? And have you found anywhere decent to stay? Everywhere I'm looking at is either really...

I managed 14.1 kts on the GPS at the Stokes Bay Q event this weekend! That was in a radial - 18-25 kts, guessing it was in one of the bigger puffs. Anyone else got some decent tops speeds? :) Measured only please - no random 23kt guesses :) (GPS that is part of my mobby that I carry in...

The question is in the thread title :) Does anybody know? I know in the US you can get Hyde or North...

Does anyone know roughly what your heart rate/energy consumption is in differrent conditions i.e. Light, moderate, heavy air + flat water/waves? I'm guessing a couple of you have gone out with heart rate monitors..

My bottom section just keeps bending :( It started with a bend caused by a windward capsize on a fast run, only very very slight, but it keeps getting worse and worse every time my mast hits the water. I don't use extreme amounts of kicker upwind (never more than keeping the boom at the same...

Does anyone have any nice wallpapers of lasers for my desktop? I can't find anything decent and big with google and I'm getting withdrawl symptoms now that there's no midweek evening sailing :(

Does anyone have any links to decent wipeout videos showing the classic downwind windward capsize? Cheers!

A few weeks ago I came across a video on google video/youtube of a rib following Schiedt around the course of a practice race... Does anyone know the one I'm talking about and have the link - I can't find it again! Cheers

Any ideas about why I couldn't point today? Force 2-3, fairly sharp chop (without working the boat you'd take every 3-4th wave over the bow). Had cunningham so it was just pulling the creases out, outhaul about 1 hand length from boom (maybe a tiny bit tighter). Kicker so that it was just in...

What's the general consensus on replacing sails (the competitive ones you use for important events ;)): Do you wait until the leech is blown? Do you wait until it feels a bit soft? Until it's covered in stress creases? Or after every windy event? Any thoughts?

Hi all, I'm going to the UK qualifiers at Pwllhelli in a weeks time - it's the first hardcore Laser event I'm going to, obviously done other opens etc but so far nothing like 3 back to back races out at sea ;) So, hopefully some of you racing snakes can tell me - what should I take to eat...

I use a bit of laminated paper taped to the deck to write down courses, wind directions etc - is this illegal under the class rules? You are allowed to attach equipment to the deck, cockpit and mast using "clips, ties or bags" but not tape. Any thoughts?