Recent content by Pierre Demartines

Quick story: a few days ago, while rigging down my old beloved Laser, the bottom end plug of the upper mast got stuck in the lower mast. Since it is a carbon upper mast now, I had assembled the plug using 3M 5200. That new mast always had a plug that is fairly tight, and I presume some extra...

Awesome, thank you. There will be a fourth one soon... Do you know how much you cut from the top? Or rather, what the finished length is? Thanks! (hello from Florida -- short clip) Broken mast in the trail of hurricane Sally:

This looks perfect! I love big air (30 kts or more when I can find it), and re-drilled the pivot point in the aluminum rudder head so that the rudder would be more vertical (less effort on the tiller). Unfortunately though, it keeps stalling during gusts on beam reach and broad reach (just when...

Hi all, this is my first post here on the Laser forum. As a way of intro, let me say I own a Laser (which I bought as a kid 34 years ago in Switzerland!) I have babied it all these years, and have phenomenal memories with it. Sailed it in all weather and in diverse places such as lake Geneva...