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I've found that my new training sail is not as powerful as my race sail, especially in light air. It is cut much flatter, the leach is perfectly straight unlike the Sunfish race sail, not nearly the draft, and the the foot is straight cut. The foot of the Sunfish sail that is cut curved for...

That sounds like a bit of a stretch:rolleyes:

If you stop by New Bern on the way down or Oriental where we are, there is great sailing on the Neuse.

Thanks for the great tips from all of you. I'm going to try them all!

Greg, I can't do anything about the mast, but you're probably right about the mainsheet. I'll go out again in the same conditions and ease some mainsheet but not worry about the tell tales. Jerry

Paul, I use the same gauge as you for the outhaul. The cunningham does take a bit of effort to get the cringle down to the boom, and when I do the first 12" or more of the luff is completely flat from the mast. In our area when its blowing 10-12, we get about 1-2 ft. of chop and the boat...

Its a good two cents! And yes, I can scream by these bigger guys on a reach!

It's not clear if you are having this problem using the Radial or Full rig ? As I mentioned at the beginning its with the standard rig In either case, there is something not quite right in either your technique or controls, especially if it's the Radial. Describe where the cunningham is...

Slide to windward???

I've sailed for may years but new to the Laser. I'm having a difficult time sailing the boat flat in anything over 10-12 knots with the standard rig. I'm 150 lbs and 5'9". I block to block the mainsheet, crank down on the vang and vang sheet. With appropriate amounts of cunningham, outhaul...