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I'm just making this up, but I'm really pleased to see others are interested in it. Man would I love a 25 boat fleet for Wednseday night sailing, if we get 8 once a month we are doing good - but I race a Lido 14. The problem with a staggered start is that the start is probably the most...

I think you are right, perhaps the windward mark would be better as the varying distance mark. I was also thinking with the leward mark, if an "inside" boat was going to the far mark, and an "outside" boat wanted to turn around the near mark, that would be difficult. For the windward mark this...

That's the whole point of the shorter leward bouy idea. It keeps the fleet together. By getting the leaders and the laggards closer physically to each other on the water a lot more learning can occur, and better relationships develop. As it is now the fleet is only together at the start -...

The trick with sailing is that it's fun/tactical to start together and fun to fininsh together. Separating "A" and "B" fleets does this but it is better to have more boats sailing together particularly if the fleet lacks critical mass of sailors. Timing/calculations are less than optimal...

Thanks for the info on the error messages. Yes, these were old threads I found by searching or as a link from another thread. Do the threads close 6 months after the last post or 6 months after the thread began? I didn't see the "this thread is closed" icon (folder with the lock) is that for...

Hi, Just bought my daughter Laser Hull #3018 for Christmas. Mahogany blades & Elvstrom sail - I think it is 1973. Looking to restore her so she can use the boat for Jr. 4.7 racing. Her next regatta will be Jan 8th at Richmond YC Mid-winters. Lots of great info on this site to help us get it into...