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    Media  Lasers in Sports Illustrated?

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0612/gallery.hidden.gems/content.8.html Kind of hard to tell, but they look like Lasers to me... although the boat to the left looks like it has two people on it.
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    The Laser Sailor Diet and Exercise

    The Laser is a very demanding boat physically. I would recommend an overall body workout complemented with a balanced diet. (40% protein, 30% carbs, 30% fat) There is a book out by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove called 'The New Rules of Lifting' and it is excellent. It will not only give you a...
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    Heavy air, very shifty

    I'm used to ocean sailing but recently I started sailing on a pond, trying to work on sailing in shifty air. Today was the first day where we had very heavy air since I began sailing there. Gusts up to 25 kts. I've never really had a problem with heavy air (I'm 6'2", 185lbs) but the heavy air...
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    C-Vane

    The velcro strap for me tore apart. I brought it to a sail maker and he made a new one for me with much better material. I haven't tried it out yet, but hopefully this one won't tear. All together, I'm not very happy with the C-Vane. The main reason I bought it was for downwind in light air...
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    Extremley light air roll tacking

    I'm having trouble roll tacking my laser in extremley light air (0-3). What I find my self doing is leaning inward past my boom, when I'm about into the wind I go back out, grab the toe-trail and lean way out until I'm on my new tack then going onto the new windward side to flatten. It sound...

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