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    Digg-like Site for Sailing News?

    Hi All, I've been doing some work with a program like digg.com for a class I'm taking but have targeted it specifically at sailing. Basically it is a user generated site with a bit of a social theme where users can upload and vote on sailing news stories and a top stories front page is...
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    How to buy a competitive boat

    just curious, how much for the snowmobile?
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    Zhik in North America?

    ...the part about not reading the thread
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    Zhik in North America?

    Is it common practice to not read a thread before posting?
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    Zhik in North America?

    The whole zhik line is in the new APS catalog that just came out.
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    Two questions for Miami area laser sailors

    last I checked tackle shack was in tampa and gulfstream marine didnt keep stuff in stock because of the overhead costs so essentially they're a catalog. why does a sailing center like miami not have a colie sails pro shop or a sailing pro shop or a west coast sailing or an aps type store?
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    Two questions for Miami area laser sailors

    the sailing population is very large in miami with nowhere to buy anything except for west marine basically. Add to that the transient sailing population that we get november through february with all the olympic aspirants, orange bowl and midwinters participants, jaguar cup and bacardi cup...
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    Two questions for Miami area laser sailors

    how about just a retail sailing or dinghy sailing store in general. essentially everyone in miami has to go to the catalogs if they want any gear, or just wait until they're driving through tampa.
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    Rooster Tiller Problem

    Just recieved a rooster carbon tiller and am having problems getting it to fit into the rudder head. Can anyone offer any help with this?
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    Replacement Screws

    Had the screws stolen out of my deck hardware (cunningham and outhaul cleat setup, new controls) and my autobailer plug stolen (yes that is as low and retarded as you can get). Was wondering if anyone can tell me what size screws hold that cleat to the deck and where I can order a new rubber...
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    Which is faster: heel or no heel?

    Sorry, you couldnt be more wrong. Check out a graph of speed in relation to points of sail, they're readily available. As Far as planing the boat will plane off the breeze way before it will plane to windward. Keeping it flat is fast and just go with that when sailing to weather. It has to do...
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    Laser coaching in Miami?

    I'm reasonably new to the boat and to helming in general (switching from crew) and was wondering if anyone does any small group or one to one coaching in miami. I'm aware of the laser group that sails out of Coconut Grove but for my current purposes its a bit big. Basically looking for somone to...
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    '06 Colors

    go check out the pictures of the youth champs on the us sailing website if you wanna see the new colors, looks like they're using them this week out there.
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    Bad Vibrations (from my rudder)

    Just curious, does it hum on all points of sail?
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    Too Big for the Laser?

    When does someone effectively become too big to race a laser on a national and international level, at 6'4" 185 am I still good for the full rig or would I be better off in a Finn?

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