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For a while yesterday, I got to sail with one particular sailor I don't usually get to sail with because he's at the front of the fleet, instead of the back. However, in this case he was called over-early and had to go back and restart, so we rounded the top mark together. So I got to watch him...

It's ON. You guys need to go browse the photo gallery. http://www.capizzano.com/laserworlds2009/index.htm

At the Masters PCCs over the weekend, I was unbelievably slow upwind. Now, I already know that pinching is one of my weaknesses, so I'm always trying to think at least about "foot for speed." But I'm trying to develop a wiser view of what, exactly, "foot for speed" really means in a laser...

"Your post is too short. You must enter at least 1 characters." This problem continues to occur. When it does, you appear to have lost all the text you entered in the post. For others who see it,here's my work around. 1. Click "Back" on the browser. 2. You're back in the post form - it...

It's only in the Spring, naturally, when you've taken the winter off and gotten a bit rusty that you get conditions like this: Conditions at Apr 14, 2009 - 03:47 PM Wind from the WNW (290 degrees) at 23 MPH (20 KT) gusting to 40 MPH (35 KT) (direction variable) Visibility 30 mile(s) Sky...

So I sailed say 10-15 weeknights + about 4 weekend regattas and I'm wearing through my hikers right on the two points where my pelvis bones sit on the deck when sitting downwind or when sailing upwind in light air (non-hiking conditions) Now, I'm guessing most folks are *not* replacing their...

I've done a bunch of starts, not so many starting drills. In a word, my starts stink. So last night I was out practicing some starting drills, trying to hold position at a buoy. Vang off. Boat pointed close-hauled, above close hauled, or (almost) head to wind. Tried to keep the boat pretty...

I just bought some new gear for the coming season from APS. I went to try everything on naturally, to make sure it fit. I find the zhik ankle boots to be quite large -- I usually wear an 11 and I'm going to send them back and get size 10. For my slender build, I found the Sailing Angles...

Are we supposed to be able to upload photos to the forum? I tried to attach a small JPG and I get Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 16777216 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2414593 bytes) in /home/laserf/public_html/includes/class_image.php on line 2360

So in the off season, I'm trying to bring my faded, scratched up 75 laser back to it's firey bright "70's Orange-Red" glory. I pulled off my old vinyl CF numbers and a harbor sticker from 1978 to get a view of the original color. 70's retro is in, right? Naturally, I started with Gouvernail's...

My 1975 Laser has a beautiful wooden centerboard that I want to continue to use. But it's suffering a bit from the ravages of time, as you can see: For the overall finish, I feel competent to sand off the old finish and revarnish it; though any advice is welcomed. But I'm not so confident on...

For last night's racing, in addition to wind we had quite powerful gusts and shifty conditions (storm front moving through.) Previously, I've observed that if I leave the centerboard in the "down" position when I turn downwind (i.e. I don't raise it) the boat is more stable and doesn't rock as...

So I'm installing a reinforcing sleeve into a boom, and I've got a couple new questions. Based on previous threads, I already learned to check the rules in Rule 18 for a diagram, and rule 18a, which tells me that the reinforcing sleeve is placed so that the outboard end of the reinforcing...

I searched the forum for traveller cleat slipping and didn't get anything usefule, so I guess this is a new topic. Last night it wasn't that windy, but puffy all over the place. Every time I looked, my traveller line had eased through the cleat two or four inches from where I'd set it...

I've searched the forums extensively on the topic of corrosion on spars, rivets and end for ending. I got the best results by searching for the literal word "corrosion." So, having done that preliminary research I've still got some questions. I'm about to buy an aged laser and some corrosion...