Wearing in Laser Mast

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Nhamo98

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Hi guys,
Recently upgraded from second hand laser 4.7 to brand new Radial, just wondering how many hours are needed to go into the mast without vang to wear it in at a minimum.
Thanks
 
Zero. You must sail with the vang. Their warning sticker is about not sailing in heavy air(15+ knots) the first couple of times with your new mast or using extreme amounts of vang tension in moderate wind(10+knots) just to see how much you can bend your rig. You need some vang pressure during these break in sails.

In reality this whole concept is suspect.
 
CaptainAhab said:
Zero. You must sail with the vang. Their warning sticker is about not sailing in heavy air(15+ knots) the first couple of times with your new mast or using extreme amounts of vang tension in moderate wind(10+knots) just to see how much you can bend your rig. You need some vang pressure during these break in sails.

In reality this whole concept is suspect.
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Thanks, thought that might be the case as you see people break masts at regattas and put a new one on and continue sailing straight away.
 
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