lasersailer148085
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Sigh, so between not sailing a laser during the jr sailing season next year and all the sailing money going into the 505 i have had the job of fixing my laser yet again to make it semi race worthy. Any tips tricks and suggestions and good old conversation about my repairs would be fantastic. The sail number is 148085 which puts its build around 1992. its been raced hard but taken care of. The hull is as smooth as a 3 year old boat despite the slight spider cracks. Last year i replaced the starboard section of the deck but i got hairline cracks on the leading edge of the patch where the old deck met the new deck. on the port side i tried using patches underneath.. hence the port holes. and that has failed. So its on to replacing the port side too. A lot of work but hopefully she will be sea worthy and stiff enough for the spring regattas. Here are some pictures. The picture of the weights is the lay up. Its the old gelcoat layer plus doubleweave-chopmat then a layer of foam then another layer of fibreglass. I also had to insert plywood into the laminate where the deck cleats are supposed to go. or capsize cleats as some people call them. The area of lay up is 791 sq inches and its 307 lbs so thats .38 psi. far less then what the autoclaves produce which is 15 psi. but its better then nothingView attachment 7857View attachment 7858View attachment 7859View attachment 7860