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    Fort DeSoto Park trip report

    Hiya: Well, my sailing tribe just returned from a week at Fort DeSoto Park in Tampa Bay. The good news: the park is wonderful. The bad news: @#$@#, is the water ever shallow! We had driven from Maine to Florida :( between snowstorms and arrived March 1. We had brought four sailers, three...
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    position in boat

    I'm a beginning racer and I'm trying to improve my standings in my local club races (that means, I want to quit finishing dead last). More experienced racers have recommended that I change my position in (and on) the cockpit, particularly on windward legs of the race. In moderate winds, for...
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    multi-boat trailers

    My family is planning some driving vacations this year that center around small-boat and windsurfer sailing (yeaaa!). We need a way to tow our growing fleet, which includes one laser, one much-abused Zuma, and at least two (or more) sailboards. Of course, this mess also includes various masts...
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    Mainsheet block preferences?

    I'm slowly re-vamping a very old Laser and need some advice. I've decided on a Rooster mainsheet (to replace the !@#$$@ clothesline that's in there now) and need to rip out the old, chrome mainsheet block. APS and other stores offer the familiar Harken HO19 along with a Frederiksen model RF62100...

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