Recent content by LaLi

If it's the cubitainers you're talking about, then yes, they're very much supposed to be there, for mandatory flotation. And of course, they should be filled with air, not water... You can take all the pottery out, though :D _

The Olympic future of the Finn is terminated, but it will go on as a "normal" International class like the Flying Dutchman, Europe, and others. Someone said that it will likely become very similar to what the aforementioned OK is today. I can't say I'm sad for it - I mean, wasn't eighteen...

The Olympiajolle would probably accommodate a big guy, but are there any outside Germany and the Netherlands? Funny that you mentioned the OK dinghy... it used to be a big class over here, too, in the 1970s. My father had two of them, and was actually the national president of the class for a...

As I already said, never mind... IF your sail is a real Laser sail. If it's a fake, you really should say that right away. If you're outside the class rules to begin with, then any general class knowledge won't necessarily help at all. Problems like Andy's are one more reason to stay away...

You must mean the Bombardier Invitation? Laser copy with an 8.4 m2 sail? If that's what's available, fine. _

That's the next thing people usually think of... and it's not a good solution either. A sloop isn't a una-rig boat with a foresail added for the crew to have something to do. The sails actually steer the boat, and a jibless sloop would be seriously imbalanced and hard to sail, like driving a...

First of all, if you're going to sail by yourself, you get a singlehander. Countless people imagine that it's fine to sail doublehanded dinghies shorthandedly... of course it's doable, but it's simply not very good sailing (and very different to doing it with a keelboat). It's boring in light...

I'd say that sail came from a boat built in late 1989 or early 1990. _

I wonder what it was that you heard, because the class rules don't really allow applying tape on battens. Moreover, wear on the pockets isn't a real problem with the MK 2 Standard, as the battens are more flexible, the cloth is stronger, and there's even an extra reinforcement patch. I'd say...

Thanks! There is very limited information available on this, and it's not really open for the public (I would probably have gone there myself otherwise, just to watch). On the technical outcome: I wish that the D-Zero is successful - it's simply the coolest and smartest looking. The RS boat...

Any bendy tube whose internal diameter barely exceeds the rope thickness is fine. As I've mentioned before, the braided loops are anachronistic, a waste of rope, and not very aesthetically pleasing, either. There is a fairly recent thread about this, but I can't link to that now. _

You don't fundamentally "need" a trolley, covers, bags, etc. to go sailing... but they do make life nicer. You want something on which to lay the boat onshore anyway, and you might as well have wheels on it. Back in the 1980s few used trolleys in the class (there always seemed to be someone...

It's a Force 5. Designed a few years after the Laser in the early 1970s, I understand it's still raced in a few places in the US. I can't post links now, and have no idea of its value (though it looks pretty nice); others here will likely help you. _

Extension joints are totally free: they can be of any design and any material, and can be made by anyone. Stainless rudder fittings on a "70s-yellow" hull... looks like a real classic! _

Thanks! However, I am sad to say that I most likely won't be there :( Our Standard Nationals are at the same time, and that is a much more realistic goal this year. Will you participate yourself? _