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    Rudderless Sailing Theory/Roll Tacking Technique

    I was thinking about this while reading the 'by the lee technique' thread, and figured I'd ask in a new thread instead of hijacking. So, According to the behavior of the hull during rudderless sailing, the boat will head up when heeling to leeward, and will bear off when heeled to windward...
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    Diary of a flat lander/How do you do it?

    Today marks the first day in a month that the place I live has been above freezing. Most of the days in between have been in the minus teens, twenties, and one (ouch!) day in the minus 30s. These values I took from Environment Canada's historical data for my city, and ignore windchill (which has...
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    Accidental Jibes, Sailing by the lee

    From the other downwind thread, And not to hijack the other thread, here is my question: In light air, heeling the boat to windward, how do you prevent accidental jibes? I was racing the other week (for the first time, woohoo!) in pretty light conditions. When a puff would come, I...
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    Newbie Introduction

    Good day all! I've been lurking through these forums for a while now (over a year at least), and now that I finally got my laser, I registered. It's an '87 in okay shape. I haven't had a chance to get out on the water yet, but maybe in a couple weeks I'll get a chance. Thanks to everyone...

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