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I welcome everyone to attend our Club's laser open on 3rd October, hopefully not too far for most of you ;) Any questions let me know!!

Completely agree.

Hi Giles I am a fellow 4000 sailor! It appears like your battens are too tight in their pockets, they don't need to be tight and should be loose so they can 'pop' in tacks and gybes. Have a try and get back if the problem isn't fixed! Also, more info about the boat is available here...

Rigging guide available here: http://www.laserperformance.com/images/assets/pdfs/laser/laser2regatta.pdf

I am Laser Class Captain at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club (Suffolk, UK) and I know that we are certainly taking part! I hope it will be a great event (both globally and locally) in honour of a fantastic sailor.

Beautiful!

During 2013 I was stalked by a seal on a few occasions, once the seal popped up behind my transom and looked like it wanted to join me in the boat! However it prefers stalking my Mirror Dinghy - it once followed me for around 20 minutes - following me upwind and downwind! It has climbed into...

I tend to go lower and faster rather than higher and slower, works well on a shifty river!

I use a dry bag & ropes from the mast to the bow eye, isn't too pretty but is secure.

I went out sailing the other day - About 4 degC but great fun!

I've done a bit of snow sailing before on the East Coast (UK), it's great fun but you certainly need a RO who understands that races must be short and happen almost back to back - plus rescue boats on hand!

The Byte CII sail uses a halyard system rather than a sleeve system on the mainsail.

In 2009 I moved into a Laser and began racing - never looked back!

I've done 12.2 miles in my Mirror dinghy in about 2.5/3 hours. I've done a few <10 mile trips in the afternoon in my laser, but plan to extended that to +20 miles this summer.

There is a little 'breathing' hole underneath the bow end of the toe-strap. Since the bow was down - I assume it filled up the hull by using this hole.

I d0 both, but can't beat broad reaching in a laser in a Force 5!

If you have the time - do it!

Only the top mast section as it is the only spar which won't fit in my car!

It wasn't even that windy! I just tacked and bang! I had been out last week in much stronger winds, clearly weakening it. I just bought a brand new rooster sail, so lucky that I didn't put that on yesterday! I still managed to do the 2nd race, borrowing a top section and a top batten, as mine...

So, I went sailing today as usual, but my boat now has a little problem: Clearly not something I can fix, although I could use the broken top mast for a spare boom?