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    Recovering from Death roll

    the thing is, when youre sailing by the lee, your'e no actually letting your sail out past 90, you do however need to let the kicker off loads. The rolling is becaue with the sail past 90 degrees, the tipping force acts to windward, not to leeward (the sail is pushed back towards the boat)...
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    Question about the Blue Stopper

    Huh? From what I gather, youre talking about a stopper that stops the centerboard sliding out the bottom of the boat, yes? Well in that case, you must do things differently in america, because in the UK instead we have funny plastic clip-thingy that is in two parts and clips through a hole in...
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    Polypropylene v. Rooster "Inside Out" Mainsheet

    I would recomend the "Inside out" line to anyone having problems with twisting mainsheets. As Long as your organised and get rid of all the twists before you go sailing, It works like a dream and doesnt twist nearly as much as "traditional" mainsheets. I'm not sure, however I think you can...
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    Recovering from Death roll

    When traveling directly downwind, sometimes you may be traveling on a course where the sail can even be considered to be on the wrong side of the boat, if the sail is let out too far, you can reach a situation where the predominant force is rolling the boat to windward, not to leeward (as is...
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    when to adjust stuff

    Sail controls is a really big subject, however you can most probably find a load of really useful guides on the internet (Im too tired atm to find some for you right now, however I will have a look and post some when I have a chance). Having found a read some guides on where to have your sail...
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    Main Sail Cleat

    I have mini-cleats on my boat, and although I would never remove them, (they are useful in certain situations, but never usualy in normal racing that goes to plan!), cleats are still a pain, and also a temptation! Because I have the mini-cleats, its a load more comfortable than the big uns...
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    Recovering from Death roll

    certainly the best solution is prevention however, There are various positions to sit in to make sure you can move your weight about the boat, one has already been mentioned, however I would say that if your going to death roll, simply moving your weight in isnt going to do loads, as there is...
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    Autobailer Assembly

    Its also reccomended that you put some silicone sealant around the hole where the screw goes btw, because otherwise your hull will leak. I suppose that counts as glue.
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    New Sailor

    It depends on the system you use... If you use blocks and which blocks you use, being that the rules and therefore the rigging system people use has recently changed.
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    keeping warm in cold water

    I dont sail in that cold water... but I find that the Gill "dry" gloves work really well. I used to get really cold hands, tried these and I was much much warmer. They arent actually dry, but for some reason the fur lining seems to work very well anyway, much better than normal gloves.
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    Difference in New and Old Boats

    Hmm, it does depend on how serious you are... Brand new boats have a perfect finish and will be completely dry, wheras used boats (no matter how old they are) will have been sailed and so will probably have some sort of markings / something on the surface that will affect performance. In...
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    New England Boat Show

    hmm, probably the best related thing here would be the london boat show (or the southhampton boat show but that has less dingy sailing). Im not sure how much laser had there (I didnt sail laser the last time I went), but they had a laser simulator which was kinda cool :) i think ben ainslie had...
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    Frostbitting

    but ropes break at the points where they are being compressed - if you dead-end your control lines then thats reducing the strength at that point, and i wrap my lines around the kicker connection to the mast which wears the ropes
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    Frostbitting

    If your rigging is good enough - yes, if not, well my cuninghap needed a bit of repair on the sunday and a batten popped out - since then ive replaced my traveler and one of my cuningham ropes! :)
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    Frostbitting

    UGG! that last post was by me btwl, i forgot to sign in :(
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    Sail Cleaning

    I dont know about how to clean the sail... but refinishing your hull is illegal... (not the foils mind). BTW: how do you get your telltales to stop sticking. Ive tried candle wax, but it didnt work very well...
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    Radials

    i have (kinda) had that... but its most probably due to radials always being raced second start - (if radials were 1st start the full rigs would catch up). They cant change anything - the full rigs are currently using some of the marks, and they would have to mess around etc... so they just...
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    Rudder cleat

    if you have your rudder tight enough it should take a little more than just pulling the cord to get the rudder down, I have mine tight enough so you have to actualy push it down with your foot. The rudder cord is really only a "safety" (as it can come up after long periods of sailing) and to...
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    Foils

    lol my board is a little bent at the bottom traling edge, the book ive read reccomends clamping the board firmly / heating it with a hair dryer (not neccesarily in that order - i cant remember).
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    Sailing Downwind

    you cant do anything about that - as you say it would involve letting out the main, which would mean loosing more than any gain from opening the leech. The only thing is to make sure that you dont have too much kicker - especialy with the new systems its very easy to put too much on. How you...

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