For any strengthening of muscles around the knee I recommend cross-training by biking. Due to a long-term arm injury that required surgery I had to take a 1.5 year hiatus from dinghy sailing. As a result I ended up picking up mountain biking. Now I bike all the time, and my legs got much...
I don't really know how cold it gets down there during the winter but I know on Long Island Sound people use drysuits, and back home around Boston they certainly use drysuits.
Seeing as you're not significantly south I'd guess that you're probably in drysuit conditions as well.
They are differently shaped and sized hull. You could sail it as a Laser 1, but it's not the same thing, so racing it with a Laser Standard or Radial class wouldn't work.
http://laserforum.org/showthread.php?t=3234&highlight=sail+tuning
There's one thread I found that might help. I'm personally experimenting with this stuff right now to figure out what I like so I don't wanna give you any wrong advice, but I'm sure if you use the search function you can find...
When would you change the tension in that batten? I realize how it changes the fullness of the sail up top, so I'm assuming you'd want to loosen it in heavy air to flatten the sail?
Re: Inexperienced sailors seeking advice :-)
Hehe. Just if you race it, make sure you don't forget that. i forgot that once racing Club 420s for a bit (the batten tension was cranked on) and quickly lost a few boats until I realized it didn't pop in the light wind.:p
I remember seeing fliers around the Marblehead yacht clubs while I was there for starts on Saturdays during the summer. I'm trying to find the site right now actually. If I find the URL I'll post it here.
By jove I think he's got it! Use the by-products of using your Laser, to make yourself more presentable at the social gathering after the sailing. Brilliant!
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