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    tiller extension help!!!

    My tiller extension ( older ronstan ) keeps coming out of it's place on the end of the tiller. The first piece is inserted ok, but the rectangular part that snaps over the small assembly does not. I was wondering if anyone knows of a small 'universal joint-type-thing' that could be screwed in...
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    OK..so how DO you right a boat????

    I have a Force 5 (very similar to a Laser)..I would like to know how to right the boat in deep water.... Also, what reasons can you all think of that my boom would dis-locate itself from the mast?? I know it did...and I could not put it back under the wieght of everything...This happened in a...
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    You are all going to laugh!!!

    Ok..I like the Forum here so I'll keep on posting, even though I have a Force 5.... Here is my first day out in 25 years!!! My brother and I spent a couple of hours (with diagrams) rigging up the boats and finally launched them at our storage facility ( U.S Olympic Sainig Center in Coconut...
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    persona non grata?? force 5 purchase

    Well, I might as well come right out with it. As money is a little tight, and I wanted to get sailing......My brother and I bought 2 older, re-conditioned Force 5's yesterday!!! The current NA champ in the class took us to a good friend of his, and showed us the '2-boats-on-a-trailer' setup he...
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    Sailing wrist watch?

    One of the new threads prompted me to get suggestions on what is THE watch used for sailing today? I suppose a large digital readout and start-seqence timer would be ideal (?). Are these legal for Laser racing? Thoughts? comments?
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    forming practice/racing group in South Florida

    Hello!! I mistakenly put this in another section in this forum.... Even as I write this...I have no Laser...I am going to get one for the start of Feb. (as the storage location I have states that for the Orange bowl --plus 2 weeks at the end of January-- I have to remove my boat ((unless I am...
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    Media  Lasers on a reach at downwind mark

    I found this picture somewhere. It has been on my desktop for a while as inspiration to help me buy my first Laser
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    What chance do we have in the worlds?.....

    This post is STILL 'pre-first-laser purchase', however I was thinking about this the other night....(seriously, this IS a ramble--but any thoughts would be entertaining) I'm in South Florida, and can pretty much sail all year round. If I practice and get some help/tips and, like I have...
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    Laser virtual sailing championships

    Check THIS out....Maybe every district in the U.S. (at least those in the colder climates) should get one of these for the 'off' season!!! http://www.ctgltd.co.uk/news.php?id=18&title=CTG+sponsors+Laser+Virtual+Sailing+Championships
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    single-handed car-topping device...anyone interested?

    This is PERHAPS a bit premature, but a freind of mine (70-something and an inventor from England) who also tested some of the earliest Lasers, has had an idea, for some time, about a device that one can use to pop a Laser (or similar-sized boat) on a car/SUV top without straining the boat OR the...
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    launching laser from power boat ramp..(?)

    In anticipation of my Laser purchase I have seen that I have a few, local typical power-boat ramps, where I could possibly launch from. I can park all day with a trailer for free, and the launch is free...all with great access to wide water of the intacoastal...with lots of channel markers to...
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    Laser Versus Force 5?????

    Yes, it's me again. Still no Laser. But my brother was over just now to use the internet for work (after hurricane Wilma he has no power or cable or internet) and says the director he is currently working with (my brother is a location scout) and has known for years turns out to be the force 5...
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    Still no Laser but some great studying tools!

    Hi Yep, still have not purchased my first Laser. NOW there is the issue of Miami beach not allowing trailers in the yards of its esteemed residences, so I have to figure out what to do THERE... ANYWAY....while waiting I decided to get myself some 'larnin'. I ordered ( and received in 2...
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    How do you move up the competitive ladder?

    Hey Could someone explain exactly how this system (if there IS one) of competitions works? I mean, If I were good enough...how would I work myself up through the ranks to be able to compete in, for example, the Masters (my category) worlds? Is it simply to do enough district races, then do a...
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    Laser roof rack? Trailer? Seitech dolly?

    Hello, As I am about to take the plunge (both literally and figuratively) and purchase my first Standard Laser, I need to find an appropriate way to transport the thing. *What are my options re: a roof rack--any specifically designed for the Laser? I have a new Honda Element (with a nice...
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    most popular laser to buy??

    Hi all, In the next couple of months I will be buying a laser. There seem to be several different ones out there, and I am hoping I can get an idea what the most popular ones are (the most competitors, e.t.c.) There is one called a 'radial', and I heard that the 'international ' laser is...
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    local racing in South Florida

    Hey all, this is my first post. I have not even bought my first laser, but I am convinced this is the class to enter (and the international seems to be the most popular), and I hope to be able to outfit my new Element with a roof-rack, and buy a laser within the next couple of months...

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