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    Safe water temperature

    Since Laser sailing is WET sailing, is there a magic number for water tempurture when one should consider packing up your lasers 'til next season? Maybe I'm being a woos, but reading how quickly hypothermia affects you at different temps, I thought I'd get your input. I've read the threads on...
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    attaching boom while under sail

    Is it possible to re-attach the boom while still under sail? I must not have tighted the boom vang or the outhaul enough and it came crashing down into the cockpit after a couple hours of sailing. When I couldn't coordinate controling the tiller and reattaching the boom at the same time, I let...
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    inexpensive dolly?

    I've found a spot on the lake during the remainder of the sailing season, but need a dolly that allows a one person launch/retrieval on an incline. Does anyone know of one that's both inexpensive and easy to use? Not interestested in building my own, but don't want to pay the seitech price...
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    time to replace tiller extension?

    The rubber flex where my extension meets the tiller is cracked (down to the wire inside.) Does this necessitate having to replace the entire extension? Also, What is the best way to keep the trailer mechanisms in good shape, wd40? Thanks.
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    catalina capri

    There is a used capri w/ trailer in the paper and I'm told that it is very similar to, and rigged the same, as a laser. Any comments/concerns as to whether this is the case?
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    mast float ?

    Is there a mast float that would work on a laser? The sail wrapping around the mast seems to rule this out.
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    uncoordinated tacks/jibes, and I hate tiller extensions!

    Fortunately, my first experience on a laser (yesterday) was in 7-8 knot winds. If it had been any breezier, I know I would have gone in the drink multiple times because I couldn't seem to coordinate what to do with the tiller extension (never used one before, and it kept getting in my way) and...
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    reboarding following capsize

    I'm scheduled to try a laser for the first time next lesson and hoped to get input on the best way to re-board after capsizing. Yesterday my instructor and I did an intentional capsize on a 420 (first time on that as well) and I just about killed myself trying to get back in the boat. The...
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    laser vs sunfish

    Any comments on the differences between the sunfish and the laser? Is one more appropriate for a middle aged beginner tthan the other? As far as the used market in my area (fingerlakes NY,) so far there have been more lasers.

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