Recent content by Bunky9590

My hull number is 1945. its an old performance sailcraft (CAN) oat year I believe is 1971 or 1972. But its not the oldest one Ive seen. I raced in the Cooper river frostbite series and hull #297 was racing there as well. I have another sail on mine so its not the original numbers, but, Im...

Had my first experience with heavy winds 2 weeks ago on Sunday. Winds steady on the lake of 28-35 MPH with gusts over 40. (One gust actually hit 58 MPH on the wind gauge) with the lake having 2.5' choppy waves. 4 experienced sailors were there and the wind was blowing straight back at the...

Sailing to windward is actually a faster point of sail and keeping the boat flat will help it to plane and be faster. If you can get the boat to plane you can effectively get the boat past the "hull speed" If in heavy air conditions you can probably get the boat to plane downwind, though id...

Well, Ive found sailing the full rig downwind is noticeably quicker with a windward heel. Now, one thing is, the more you heel to windward, the faster you go , but the more unstable that little sucker becomes. I like to keep it on the edge of disaster when sailing downwind, though Im...

Thank you very much. I'll be workign on my ease, hike trim tomorrow for a good portion of the morning /afternoon. Its probably just a lot of feel based experience to get the timing down. The advice is appreciated.

I may be up for this. I live like 40 minutes from Philly in South Jersey. I'd like to sail with some other laser guys/gals who would give me some advice, tips, tricks, etc. I planned on frostbiting anyway (im picking up a drysuit in the next month or so) and would liek to do it with some new...

Thats where I fell for the lasers. I was working the MAYRA championships which were held at my home club. I was heading up the offload/parking detail and then was on the committee boat for the laser races. A week and a half later, I bought my boat. Not only were the boats really fast and cool...

Thanks for the tip. The timing is the thing I'll have to work on. Moving up from a sunfish I've found the laser to be most unforgiving of even the slight mistakes. The sunfish would allow for some slow reactions. Not the laser, uh uh, no way. I'll have to get back out in the breezes and work...

Well, I sail a full rig, and I'm a complete noobie, so take it as that. Yesterday we had some consistent 10-12 knot winds with gusts to 18. I weigh 170 and with the sheet all the way in and full hike couldn't keep it flat, heading up would depower in a hurry but killed speed too much, I just...

Hello everyone. I just bought my first Laser yesterday. I had an enjoyable first session on the water with it and am looking forward to the time on it. I will be using the search function for a lot of the tips/tricks as far as sailing faster and more efficiently. But wanted to say hello to all...