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There are several different ways to put resin into a laminate. With any of the processes, the fabric is laid dry into the mold. With infusion, there is an airtight bag placed inside the laminate and a vacuum is pulled on the bag. Resin is pulled from a reservoir through hoses spaced around the...

I was not there and do not know the answer, but my guess is that race 3 was abandoned and not resailed. On reason for doing that would be having a bad line setup (or other RC error) in a penalty start and failing to postpone before the starting signal. If the race is resailed, then many boats...

I stand corrected. Actually I was just reading a series of books about 9th century England. Time of Alfred the Great and the Danish invasions. I think it has my spelling off. Lundene = London; Hamtun = South Hampton; Wiht = The Isle of Wight and so on.

GB=Great Britton PSE= Performance Sailcraft Europe Everything between the manufacturer's code and the date is left to the manufacturer to decide. There would seem to be an extra character not present in US version HIN's. Date Code" A=January, B=February etc. So J4 = October of 2004 as the actual...

At one time, the HIN molded into the transom matched the sail number. At least on my 1993 boat built by Sunfish/Laser the IYRU sticker matches the HIN on the transom. I think that the builders stopped trying to match HIN's to sail numbers/ISAF stickers quite some time ago. I know that my...

D313 indicates that it was built in April of 2013. See http://www.rvharvey.com/hin.htm for an explanation of the HIN schemes used over the years. Of course no builder ever altered the numbers on stockpiled boats to make them look newer than they are. All they had to do is route out the old...

The discussion is interesting because we have some pretty large builders pulling production out of China and moving it to the US. A couple of weeks ago in Soundings Trade, Jim Johnstone referenced wage VS productivity as a big reason for moving Gunboat production to North Carolina. While the...

Try contacting Alan Jenkinson at the US Sailing Center in Jenson Beach. [email protected]

Jason, I suggest that you go over to Sarasota Sailing Squadron and meet some people. They do have some Lasers there and probably some kind of fleet racing that you could participate in without becoming a member. There is a series of inexpensive regattas on the West Coast of Florida. Contact...

Sailing is NOT a contact sport and it's always best to avoid contact if possible and then protest the other boat when they broke a rule. No right of way rules turn off in a mark rounding and there is always a right of way boat and a keep clear boat. In this case A may not be entitled to mark...

I have not found LED lights to be any significant improvement when they get imersed in water regularly. They leak and the individual lamps stop working one or two at a time. If the lights stay dry you don't have much trouble with either type. The reason for unplugging your lights before...

Sort of like Animal Farm, "All Lasers are equal, but some are more equal than others."

I use a line with plastic beads on it for the clew stap. I have an SS hook similar to the plain harken clew hook with the outhaul looped through it. The clew line goes through the gromet and around the fixed side of the hook. I put the shock cord tensioner over the open end of the hook. I...

You can find UHMW and Teflon tape online in 5 yard rolls at McMaster Carr. http://www.mcmaster.com/#uhmw-polyethylene-tape/=4hzcm5

I think you need to upgrade your Laser to this model.

Some of the older boats were made with a foam with very low shear strength. A friend of mine took his deck off (12xxxx series) and replaced the foam in his. It looked like polyurathane rather than PVC. The boat is now much stiffer and faster than it used to be although it took a lot of hours to...

At the last D13 open regatta, a new master asked if he should sail in the Laser or Radial Fleet. Dick Tillman asked if he would rather loose to a bunch of 15 year olds or to him. I think I weigh about the same as the Gouvernail. Perhaps we could hold the 2118 Masters worlds in Freemantle of...

Works well for canoes and/or open row boats. Water is heavy and they sure don't go anywhere full of water.

Well Danny has fizzeled out so they don't have to worry about it. Seriously though, for those who will face hurricanes in their area: 1) Tied down to a trailer as you would for the highway is pretty good. Many people go 70-80 and the boats stay put. 2) Four of those screw in the ground dog...

You won't want to have the swivel cam. You cannot react fast enough to the wind changes and will spend too much time swimming. Go with a good ratchet block and learn to hang on to the sheet. Mine came with side cams and I use them rarely. Mostly between races when I want to grab some water or a...