Chris40390
New Member
This Saturday I will be sailing a laser full rig in my first regatta. The problem is that I am pretty underweight for full rig, so if there is any heavy wind, I'm done. In that event, I would sincerely appreciate some tips about how to make it through that regatta if there are heavy winds. The other times I have sailed laser in heavy winds, I have just cranked on the cunningham, outhaul, and vang. Nevertheless, I have to sail with an enormous bubble in the sail; and every time I try to tack, I wind up in irons, which I have trouble getting out of. Also, my cunningham snapped. I don't mean the fixture, I mean the string that goes through the eyehole in the sail and that you tie the bowline around the fixture with. That string snapped. What can I do to fix it? In the event that there are light or medium winds, what tips do you guys have for sailing well? This will be my fifth time sailing a laser, so I am not really familiar with the boat. I could use some tips. Finally, just to clarify: this is not my laser, rather it belongs to my yacht club; I am six feet tall; and I weigh 150 pounds. I know there are a lot of questions in this post, but I would really appreciate any and all help you guys could give me.