Recent content by happyhunter

Yes in the transom. Held with 2 screws. I guess the stuff I use to seal the shower is not up to the task? Thanks, HH

I am replacing the drain plug (I think it is also called bung) in my Laser 2. What is the best sealant to use between the fiberglass hull and the plastic of the drain hole flange? Thanks, HH

I have a Laser 2 but am not very familiar with the Standard Laser. I know the top of the mast is very different and will not interchange. The Laser 2 uses a halyard to raise the Main and there is a pulley like arrangement at the top of the mast. Also the L2 has diamond wires that stiffen the...

Whitfit, thanks!!! I'm thinking that should work. My daggerboard has all kinds of room or slop as it goes in. The carpet would snug it up. I'll put that on my list. Thanks again, HH

I posted this at lunch without researching it. I have just searched for dagger board stuff and understand Lasers have a daggerboard brake. I see them for sale on intensity sailings site. I also read of shock cords that hold the daggerboard in position. I have nothing like this on my...

The dagger board on my Laser2 keeps popping up. I sail mostly in light winds around here. When it is more breezy it seems to stay where I put it. But in light winds it will float up. There are no cleats near the dagger board and no lines attached to the dagger board (except the thick one...

I just bought a Laser2 a couple months ago. The screws to hold my mast step were snapped off in the block of wood and I had to redrill 2 new hole locations. I don't know what it looks like inside. Here are some picts of what the boat looks like inside...

Yeah the local club is hosting that. I am not a member and have only been up there a few weeks. So, I don't know if I will participate in that or not. I do want to get up and do some sailing this weekend. The weather forecast for Sat is about 8 to 10mph, sunny high of 90. ________...

Isn't Pinchot Lake narrow and surrounded by trees? Yeah it is. Certainly not the optimum place to sail. People there tell me there is a dead spot in the middle of it. I have not sailed enough to determine that. I have been there 4 times in the past couple weeks, mostly in the evening and...

Thanks for the replies. I'll check out the websites. I sail at Pinchot State Park in York county. ________ magic flight

When is the best time of day and time of year to go sailing?? I've been out 4 times in the last 2 weeks (just got my boat) and it has been rather dead. I have heard it is less windy in the evening. I have heard the dog days of summer are more still than springish and fallish times of the...

I last sailed when I was 15. Just recently bought an old Laser2 at age 42. Do the math... 27 years away. I picked it up again real fast. I sailed mostly Sunfish and an occasional Puffer so the Laser2 was a step up. I have not been out in any brisk winds yet. I am glad it was not heavy...

Yeah there is no stick to it at all. It could only be sewn on. I almost feel like throwing it out. Maybe I'll find a place to keep it. Probably if I ever need it I won't be able to find it...

Another newbie question. I recently bought a Laser 2. There are several clam cleats for various adjustments. Several of them do not hold their line very well. In fact several are so bad that I don't trust them and I put a stopper knot after the clam cleat. Many of the lines are pretty old...

This is a newbie question, I think I know the answer. I recently bought my first sailboat. The guy gave me a roll of repair tape for the sail. It looks like a wide roll of double back tape. But the backing paper is falling off the sail material. Is this stuff worthless? There is no sticky...