Greetings Laser people.
I picked up my first laser today. I'm located in Ballarat, Australia. I sailed quite a bit as a kid, then had a few decades off before getting a 14' catamaran, 2 years ago, which I've been enjoying alone (and with my 11 yo daughter) on the inland lakes around here.
Now planning to join the local Laser fleet and work up to a bit of racing.
I have got myself an older hull ("35656" on the transom; not sure if this is the actual original sail number or a build code to be decoded) with a newer sail (192*** full rig, with a measurement stamp from the 2010 Australian nationals). Very cheap, on trailer with dolly and hull cover, not expecting everything to be perfect.
And it's not perfect. First issue is an incomplete rig.
Spars are intact (planning to end-swap my upper section due to 2-rivet collar). Vang saddle on my lower section will need to be re-rivetted, but it's there.
Boom appears to be sleeved. Mid-span mainsheet pulley is a basic nylon block, is nearly seized, and is mounted directly on a saddle rivetted to the boom. Not sure if it's legit, but it will work for a first launch at least. I have a rivetted saddle where I would expect the strap to be. Boom-end pulley has bearings; is tired but okay. There's about 10m of ~7mm mainsheet. There's a clew strap on the boom.
Control rigging... I'm lost. No turbo kit. Just these pulleys and the foredeck clam cleat:
No vang key at all (boom has a key slot), so I'm certain I'm missing some things. Don't know if these pulleys are even proper laser parts.
There's 2x ~8 foot red, and 1x ~12 foot black ~5mm control lines. And one short one (~3 foot?) with a daisy-chained handle tied in the end.
Somehow out of this mess I will need to make up an outhaul, vang and Cunningham.
Any suggestions? "Throw it all away and get a turbo kit" is a legitimate suggestion, but will add more than 50% to my investment so far.
Foils are in okay shape. Look to be timber, so very old. Daggerboard case in the hullmay need repair, seems to be separated at the seam. Mast socket had some water in the bottom, so there's that going for it.
Traveller is old nasty line, too small to even hold in the cleat.
Keen to bodge something together and get on the water, but will have to order some bits (nearest proper chandlery is an hour's drive away).
What bits do I need?
-goat
I picked up my first laser today. I'm located in Ballarat, Australia. I sailed quite a bit as a kid, then had a few decades off before getting a 14' catamaran, 2 years ago, which I've been enjoying alone (and with my 11 yo daughter) on the inland lakes around here.
Now planning to join the local Laser fleet and work up to a bit of racing.
I have got myself an older hull ("35656" on the transom; not sure if this is the actual original sail number or a build code to be decoded) with a newer sail (192*** full rig, with a measurement stamp from the 2010 Australian nationals). Very cheap, on trailer with dolly and hull cover, not expecting everything to be perfect.
And it's not perfect. First issue is an incomplete rig.
Spars are intact (planning to end-swap my upper section due to 2-rivet collar). Vang saddle on my lower section will need to be re-rivetted, but it's there.
Boom appears to be sleeved. Mid-span mainsheet pulley is a basic nylon block, is nearly seized, and is mounted directly on a saddle rivetted to the boom. Not sure if it's legit, but it will work for a first launch at least. I have a rivetted saddle where I would expect the strap to be. Boom-end pulley has bearings; is tired but okay. There's about 10m of ~7mm mainsheet. There's a clew strap on the boom.
Control rigging... I'm lost. No turbo kit. Just these pulleys and the foredeck clam cleat:
No vang key at all (boom has a key slot), so I'm certain I'm missing some things. Don't know if these pulleys are even proper laser parts.
There's 2x ~8 foot red, and 1x ~12 foot black ~5mm control lines. And one short one (~3 foot?) with a daisy-chained handle tied in the end.
Somehow out of this mess I will need to make up an outhaul, vang and Cunningham.
Any suggestions? "Throw it all away and get a turbo kit" is a legitimate suggestion, but will add more than 50% to my investment so far.
Foils are in okay shape. Look to be timber, so very old. Daggerboard case in the hullmay need repair, seems to be separated at the seam. Mast socket had some water in the bottom, so there's that going for it.
Traveller is old nasty line, too small to even hold in the cleat.
Keen to bodge something together and get on the water, but will have to order some bits (nearest proper chandlery is an hour's drive away).
What bits do I need?
-goat