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    Hiking Pants/Shorts recomendation

    OK - I've been sailing all summer in swim trunks wich is fine - don't need any padding BUT unless I pull the draw string tight enough to cut off blood to the brain I have the unfortunate tendancy to show the crack of my ass. So I'm looking for some suspender type pants or at east something...
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    Does anyone use a surf strap

    Was wondering if anyone used anything to keep them tied to the boat - question arises from my experience the other day blasting downwind in a 25 knot puff - I was pretty close to wiping out (the puffs were coming with a 20 degree shift) and thought to myself if I go my boats going to end up...
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    Rebedding Deck fittings

    Gotta rebed the outhaul and cunningham fittings. I don't need 5200 for this right? Any old silicone caucking compound should do the job?? And can i ignore the cure time?
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    Rigging help

    Ok - I know I'll get this down pretty soon but is there a step by step rigging guide maybe with photo's?? This is my fist time rigging the boat (previous owner did it for me the first time) and in switching from the full to radial config I got totally confused - took me a hour + to rig. On the...
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    Wind Breaks Radial vs Full

    Just curious where you guys thought a good break point is . Little background I'm 5'9" 165 almost masters age but very fit and used to (more than a decade ago) sail small boats at a high level. That said I haven't sailed a laser in a loong time - when I did there were no radial rigs. So while...
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    What to wear and where to get it

    My new boat is coming in a couple of weeks and I need to assemble some gear - gloves clothes and the like. I haven't raced a laser since the nineties (will be doing mostly club rcing and day sailing) and back then it was a simple affair shorts and t shirts. Nowday I see pictures of laser...
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    Laser Pointers

    Looking for info on where to find the latest laser racing book. Yeah I know about the search feature but I didn't find what I need. I'm an experienced racer and coming back to the Laser I know 95% of going fast is practice time but could still use a few updates of the nuances of sail controls...

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