Recent content by sunstorm87

Ouch! that looks like it hurt...rock?

You're welcome! Thanks for the correction, I was kind of hoping there was more than one rod going down that thing. :D BC

whats up?

Good question...Just purchased an 09 boat this summer, came with one of those POS "composite" daggerboards. From my understanding it is a high density foam core with a metal rod going down the leading edge of the board. Marine paint on the outside, no fiberglass involved to my knowledge. I am...

A point to consider...possibly...just thinking out loud here.....if by putting the daggerboard in backwards, I wonder if you end up moving the center of pressure/effort, that is acting on the daggerboard to provide lateral resistance going upwind, further aft a few inches, causing the arm...

Wanted to correct my statement. The larger the vorticies, the more lift that is being produced, thus more induced drag...drr.

Talked to the manufacture today. In their perspective, running a 2:1 purchase with a harken 57mm ratchet/cam/swivel with becket on the bridal and the rear traveler block on the boom, shouldn't be an issue. They said, it could possibly be harder to sheet in, but load wise they said it should be...

Bought a harken swivel/cam/57mm ratcheting block with a becket, should work out just fine, i hope...we will see! Going to talk to laserperformance before actually sailing with the setup though.

Ivy...blame it on my somewhat intermediate level of sailing knowledge. Curious, is this assuming there is a boom vang around the gooseneck? Would that help with the sail/boom shape in this situation? BC

lol, no kidding, i'll loose money on selling it right now though, too late in the season and the fish aren't biting, so to speak. Being in college, the funds are somewhat limited...so any ideas to this problem? BC

Why don't you think so? Are you thinking along the lines of mechanical advantage? Even if it is led from the back eye strap on the boom?

Mainsheet hangers bring up another good point, but more of what i'm getting at, is the fact that, often in order to have more room, and not shoulder to shoulder, my passengers sit forward of the cockpit on a corner, near the mainsheet block. This allows them more freedom of movement and allows...

not sure what the old fashion way is... bc