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    Centreboard bend

    one trick i use it to put 2 pieces of wood on either side and use clamps to hold it in place then get a hair drier and heat the edge.
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    top mark rounding

    trhats what i do i have actually ben getting a friend to film my top mark roundinds and i make up about 4 or 5 boats in a close race
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    Laser Fitness

    ok i ride my bike as much as possible, tgry to do a sport on the side that will get ur fitness up such as football, soccer and i like volleyball. as for a fitness program just get a hiking chair and use it instead of a normal chair thats what i do. hope that helps
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    What type of hiking style?

    hang on schmidty i have it the other way around tight upwind, loose downwind so that if i capsize then my legs dont get caught when i try to go over the side. and i find it a lot easier to hike on the upwind with a tight strap i find the pressure more even. ohh well does anyone else have that...
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    top mark rounding

    yea i'm from asutralia, ive actually found that if u give a luttle roll jybe at the top mark and while the boom is overhead u let off the cunno and outhaul(release the vang b4 the top mark) u actually get a lot of speed out of it compared to just roll jybing at the top mark. ps very hard...
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    top mark rounding

    just wondering which order u guys and girls adjust your settings when coming into and around the top mark.
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    You know you're a Laser sailer when...

    you know your a laser sailor when u sit down on a bech nd nearly fall off the back of it then realise theres no hioking strap.
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    Tracking down leaks

    ok the basics for boat building. the laser comes in 2 halves the deck and the hull. they put them together at the gunnels with acme bond/probond (q cells and resin with some other chemicals in it) now thias acme is very strong but if they havent prepared the area very well the acme bond can...
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    First Race Experience

    my point exacyly true compeditiveness (bit tired cant spell) but haviung a gr8 time in the process. i wouldn't mind doing a frostbite regatta what are they like?
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    Class Politics FORUM SECTIONS Split from Stainless Steel Gundgens

    omfg what the hell is going on here all tom did was put a wrong post up and now he's getting a bashing for it give him a break. loook at how petty this is and tom, u need to stop causing trouble. nwo wjhats this about steel gudgeons?
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    Tracking down leaks

    gunnels, any scewed fittings, centreboard casing, and the mast step. do you know how to find the leaks? cheeres ashley
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    Tillers

    anyone know where i can get a black diamond in australia
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    First Race Experience

    has anyone ver noticed that laser sailors a general a clean sort of bunch like thety all have good paying jobs never really say anyhting bad about people. i have but that may just be becuase i'm an aussie. anyone elses thoughts on this?
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    Can a daggerboard be fixed?

    if u can get it theres this good stuff called locit (pronounced lock tite) i use it all the time its the strongest glue out there but use gloves when applying it becuase u need to sand the stuff off. hope that helps. cya asho
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    Olympic Races

    omg really the pressure must have gotten to them. dam :(

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