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    Restoring your cover...

    Does anyone have a good solution for prolonging the life of their cover? Specifically the polyester kind, on my laser I have a sunbrella cover and that thing is bulletproof! My v-15 cover on the other hand is a polyester cover which is quickly fading, Has anyone tried duplicolor or...
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    22kts top speed and then sink to your death...

    Too good not to share, awesome description! We've owned the laser for 5 years. It has been covered in the winters with a tarp, but it is still a little dirty as you can see in the photos. It was last used 1 year ago in the sound of the outer banks, NC. It has a leak around the edges and it can...
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    The All New Lexus.... Laser

    did anyone else notice the lasers with square top sails in the new Lexus commercial?
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    Best way to trailer on the highway

    I'm going to be trailering my boat on the highway, usually I roll my dolly up on the trailler and the hull rides on the dolly, its worked pretty well and I'm only about 10 miles to the water, the fastest I'd go is about 50mph and not for an extended time. anyway, would this setup be bad for...
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    Olympic Games Laser Sailing

    Is there a way to watch the olympic sailing especially laser sailing in the USA?
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    Rules At The Finish Line (upwind)

    Here's the situation as explained by the sailors involved, (see attached picture) Red hailed for room, from the description I don't think Red was overlapped with gold at the time of the first hail, I believe Red hailed to gold a second time, I'm guessing the overlap was questionable at this...
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    2012 Cpyc D7 Spring Regatta Nor

    Fellow laser sailors, The Cedar Point Yacht Club District 7 Spring Regatta will be May 12, 2012 Seperate starts for Radial and Std, lots of great competition! Post race food, beverage, and awards! If you're coming a long distance we'll gladly help you find accomidations...
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    Strategies for light conditions

    When its light air (~2-5kts) with current pushing a big fleet towards the line causing i-flag and sometimes black flag starts, what is your strategy for a good start? (especially when conditions make it hard for the RC to set a square line) If you are called over on the i-flag or have a bad...
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    Ideas for getting more sailors sailing

    What would it take to get you out on the water for laser frostbiting? any ideas or thoughts welcome...
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    Rules at the Windward Mark

    So there are boats approaching the windward mark from both port and starboard, a port tack boat (Boat A) lee-bow's a starboard tack boat with about 2 boat lengths to the mark (Boat B), Boat A completes the tack and Boat B is not forced to alter course, Boat A can make the mark without luffing...
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    NOR CPYC Spring Laser Championship D7

    Where: Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport Connecticut SUNDAY, May 15th, 2011 NOR LINK: http://www.cedarpointyc.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=yYmibo-j6hY%3d&tabid=76&mid=543 Laser Spring Series and 2011 Area B Eliminations for the U.S. Singlehanded Men’s and Women’s Sailing Championships Rain...
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    HELP! Mainsheet block/hiking strap pulled out

    I've never had this happen before with any of my previous lasers, the screws that hold the mainsheet block and hiking strap on ripped out of the deck, starboard side worse than port, luckily I found it in between races and didn't end up going for a swim. I am in need of some ideas on how to...
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    Two Racing Rules Scenerios

    A. In the given situation: In medium wind, A starboard tack boat is nearing the upwind finish of a windward leeward course and abeam is a port tack boat, the port tack decides to tack close under the starboard tack boat,(the bow of the boat initially on port was even with the mast of the boat...
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    Repairing a cracking cockpit deck

    Whats the best way to repair a cracking cockpit deck? Its an old laser cracking down the center of the cockpit. It is being used in a jr sailing program not for racing.
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    Magical mystery sail

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    Rules Question: Rule 13 Protest

    In one of the races today I was close hauled on starboard tack on the first upwind leg, a port tacker was approaching, I yelled "starboard" since it didn't look like he was paying any attention, he decided to keep sailing on port and try to tack in front of me and in doing so I was forced to...
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    Laser Deck Covers

    We had a storm a few weeks ago with reported 70kt gusts and my cover got shredded to bits. In your opinion, What do you think is the best deck cover for the money?
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    Daggerboard Won't Stay Down

    My daggerboard seems to not want to stay down upwind when I need it. It pops up about 2-4 inches a few times per beat. The brake is as far forward as it can go, how do you fix this problem?

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