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    Sailing with a hernia

    Hi Rob, Thanks for the comments. Actually glad to hear from a fellow sailor rather than a medico at this stage, and I have to say you have cheered me up immensely! Seems like you have coped pretty well, and the hopeful scenario is great news for me. Hope you keep hernia free, happy sailing, Rich
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    Sailing with a hernia

    Hi, Probably applies only to the master's category - I might have an inguinal hernia, due to see the doc for a check up this week. Has anyone gone through this before? Are my laser sailing days over! I suppose it's the usual first question any fanatic asks with any sort of injury - will I ever...
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    Two Questions - Reaching Legs And Book

    Hi Tillerman - many thanks. I managed to find the book! It's called "A laser Training Manual" by John Anderson. I haven't had much time to look at in detail - it's about 100 pages long - but if you are interested in the Hemisphere stuff, there is a chapter on reaching which includes the impact...
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    Two Questions - Reaching Legs And Book

    Hi - looking for a little help please .... There is a hand book about Lasers - very thorough, guidelines on just about everything from rigging, upwind, downwind, tactics and weather. I don't think this was published nor is for sale, you just download it as a PDF. I believe it was written in...
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    Competitive Weight

    Not quite the original topic, but related. This is a compilation of most of the various tips on sailing for heavyweights. Not definitive by any means and open to correction. · Keep the speed on! Don't pinch! Focus on driving the boat. Foot off for power, more than the lighter guys, only come up...
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    Gear Suggestions for Laser Midwinters East? 2011

    A layer or two of Merino wool or smartwool is pretty good. Doesn't overheat, not cumbersome and keeps you warm even if it gets wet.
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    Very Heavy Wind DW

    Hi - just a couple of questions, probably covered before but I'm genuinely stuck for a solution. I'm normally pretty competent around 15-20kts, but recently we had 25kts plus. Looking forward to a real blast but that's not quite how it turned out!! First question - upwind was surprsingly OK...
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    Competitive Weight

    Very interesting thread in general but I'm particularly interested in the "ability and technique" reference. As I weigh around 100kg+ (or ++ sometimes :rolleyes:), I would be really interested in the techniques people are using to succeed in spite being well over the ideal. Weight placement...
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    Laser 8.1 Rig

    Hi, Does anyone have any feedback if they have actually used one of the 8.1 rigs for 6-12 months or so. Suppose you weigh in at 100 kg (like me), are you now competitive against the fleet in 8-10 knots. Above 15+ knots - Is there a big step up from the std rig - with average ability can you...
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    Bailer - hull turbulence?

    Thanks everyone!
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    Bailer - hull turbulence?

    Hi - just fitted new springs to the bailer. On replacing and screwing down the bailer, I noticed quite a bit c 2-3mm of the front lip of the bailer not sitting flush with the hull. I tried several times to refit but still couldn't get it to sit flush. Maybe it was always like that, maybe the...
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    Pointing higher?

    Ok. I was working on the principle that you are trying to induce leehelm by heeling to ww, thus you're pushing the tiller away from you and pointing higher. Sounds a bit iffy, I suppose. If I understand you, you are saying you "crab" sideways to windward? Would be good to do some trials with a...
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    Pointing higher?

    Thanks for these suggestions. The boom and controls adjustments make sense - although now I'm wondering if it wouldnt be a bad idea to try beating with the boom pulled in board to point higher for the whole leg. Maybe this causes excessive heeling pressure if wind builds up and is ultimately...
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    Pointing higher?

    Hi, Does anyone have a tip to point a bit higher - say you are about 50m from the WW mark and you reckon you could make it without tacking if you could only get a couple more degrees of point! I'm guessing you can adjust your vang and/or cunni and/or outhaul and/or something else (heel, sheet...
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    Righting after WW capsize

    Two questions about capsizing down wind: 1. Anyone have a good, fast technique to right the boat after a capsize to WW. To be more specific, I had been practicing BTL in 15-20 knots and had a few spectacular capsizes. The boat took a LONG time to right - it didn't go turtle but the boom was...
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    Downwind Adventures

    Re: Downwind Adventures - Thanks for the advice - sounds good. I think what I did wrong was to sheet out without steering, and reacted too slowly. As for recovery from ww roll - all the Laser books incl Ben Ainslie say to sheet in and head up - but yes, the bear away makes sense too (per...
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    Downwind Adventures

    Hi - just a simple question about downwind (if there is such a thing as a simple question!) : I have sailed fairly successfully by going by the lee downwind in light air. However, attempts at BTL during racing in heavier winds have been dramatically costly - I ease out the sail, wobble, boat...
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    Headers and Lifts

    - I like it!! Thanks alot, good advice, I'll give it a go next time out. Also have a few questions about favoured side, cloud formations, tides etc. but I'll leave that for another day - one step at a time. Thanks again, much appreciated
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    Headers and Lifts

    Hi - I seem to have big trouble detecting headers going upwind, getting out of phase with the shifts - so even with comprable boat speed (being genourous to myself!) I am well behind the leaders at the weather mark. Does any one have some good tips - tack on headers - but when do you know it's...
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    Hiking Position

    Thanks for the tips. The video is well worth a study - RS has an incredibly loose strap whereas the Spanish guy's are tight. They make it look easy, grrr.

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