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I've had a similar experience, wind blowing pretty good 20-25mph and temps at about 24F and rigging all froze. Vang came unhooked from boom when I pulled in the main after a wild downwind sailing by the lee run. The vang was frozen solid in the position it was in and ended up higher than the...

Heh, heh, last Saturday went without the plug for a four race series 2 to 2 1/2 hours on the water. Thought the boat handled odd, but it was pretty windy 18-25 and shifty. Didn't notice it until I was walking behind the boat to get into the car to go home. Normally I do not take on any...

Hi LooserLu, I'm all for the Trabbi, in fact If I can ever find a way to get one sent to the states I will :cool: . (I got an ecclectic taste in automobiles. '23 model 'T', a couple Dauphine's, and a Subaru Baja). James

Skip, That sounds like a good solution. Any chance you have some pictures to share? James

Race on Saturday: From NCsail.org: "I am excited to announce that we will have a US Sailing Club Race Officer who is a US Sailing Judge in training at our next race weekend, providing a seminar for racing rules at the skippers meeting. Joleen Rasmussen has been active in race management...

It is possible to retrieve some information from an archived version of the Drlaser.org site from: http://www.waybackmachine.org/ Kind of tedious going and a lot missing, but...

As an update to the racing on the 15th. It was a mixed fleet, they calculate the places after the race using portsmouth ratings. They post information on NCsail.org We had 2 Lasers, a Nacra 20, a couple San Juans, Starwinds, and a Hunter. The races were windward/leeward. We got 4 in for the...

Added a block to my vang to get 8:1 this weekend and it is so much easier than the 3:1 that I had rigged originally. I think maybe too easy to pull on. It isn't difficult for me to release either. I may change my mind as time goes by, it was only my fourth time in the boat.

Went out for a sail Jan. 8 and met up with a fellow Laser sailor, actually he is the sailor I am a newbie to the Laser (3rd time in the boat). Along with giving me a TON of advice, He mentioned that they will be racing on Jan. 15 on Lake Wheeler and I should show up around 11:00am and...

This is my first post, I've been lurking for a while on the forum though. Wow, that sounds like great fun! I am just getting back into sailing after a 10 year hiatus. I used to sail Hobie catamarans and it sounds like the laser acts similar when tacking. I remember taking the cat out in...