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I have posted this in the Wanted section as well, but just wanted to be sure that as many people as possible saw it. Thank you. Hello, I am looking for a boat to charter for the U.S. Youth Sailing Championships that is taking place from August 12th to 16th at Corpus Christi Yacht Club...

Unfortunately the other day while racing in about 15-20 knots of breeze, I was involved in an incident at a windward mark rounding. Essentially I was sandwiched between a 420 and a laser bow, and as both are harder than the hull of my laser, serious damage resulted (see image). Any...

For everyone's enjoyment, amazingly cool:

Today I made the unfortunate mistake of forgetting to put my stern plug in before I went sailing. After sailing for a while and noticing how slow I was, I finally realized my mistake. Does anyone have anytime for cleaning out the salt and then drying the inside of the hull? (it is a relatively...

Having just picked up a set of the new GRP foils, i thought I'd share a review after the initial sail. Upon inspection, the blades look fast. They have a very smooth surface and the black top part looks great. However, once I got sailing I was unfortunately disappointed. The trailing edge of...

http://nasailor.com/2011/04/20/oracle-designs-wingsailed-opti-rig-for-2011-nationals/ Anybody wanna build this for the laser?

Sometimes it feels like I get caught up in the intricacies of laser sailing and racing, always worrying about moving up places or getting my hull perfect etc, when instead I should think about what I love about sailing lasers. I wanted to take the time to ask the sailors of TLF what their...

In this modern age of monotonous "Vela Grey", does anyone else miss seeing all of colors at the starting line? I mean the grey is nice, as was the white before it, but it is still nice to see colored boats at big events. Does anyone have any ideas as to what that colors were over the years...

Hello laser sailors, I am new to the forum, but a long time laser sailor. Today, I was pulling my boat up a ramp at low tide, i slipped on the slick metal and my boat fell off the dolly, scraping on the ramp all the way down :(. Does anyone have any recommendations to make my laser's...