Recent content by lawrencew

I would definitely go along with this. Last weekend here in the UK we had -3 celcius (mast steps frozen and all). I wore Sealskinz marino wool gloves and yellow kitchen marigolds over the top. With the gul code zero drytop over the wrist it makes a watertight seal and my hands have never been so...

There is also a article in the most recent issue of Gybe (arrived yesterday) about fleet offers - have a look. Are there any others in the UK who might want to do a group buy?

Hi Jamin, I am also looking at buying a new laser in february 2010 half term ahead of the spring qualifiers/youth nationals. I may have a few friends who will buy at the same time and do a group purchase. How many did you buy before and how much were they?

If you tape the ends with electrical tape, cut the rope in the middle of the tape to stop ends fraying, then drop 5-10 drops of super glue over the end it dries like it's been melted. When its dry just take the tape off. Hope this helps.

Thanks for your reply. As you said, I found the line jammed in the sheave when I pulled the kicker on having been slack - namely at the leeward mark and off the start line. I can't think why it has just started happening only that if it happens once the gap could possibly widen. What rope and...

I had a Harken XD kicker with a holt top block, 4mm vectran primary line and the primary kept getting caught between the sheave and the block (jamming the kicker tight). I replaced the primary line with a thicker 6mm Dyneema line and replaced the top block with an old style Holt block as used...

Weather helm upwind is mostly caused by a loose outhaul. If the foot of your sail is too deep, the leach will only want you to head up because it's effectively further off the wind (more on a reach) than the front of the sail, so the back edge of the sail is 'oversheeted', hence the tiller...