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    Through Bolting Boom Block Eyestrap

    Hi Lali, Thanks for the heads-up, and also for the advice. I feel torn about stainless-steel rivets--way sturdier than aluminium obviously, but hard as heck to drill out if they're sized wrong or loosen.... I've never through-bolted a boom before, but it sounds like you're not in favour of that...
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    Through Bolting Boom Block Eyestrap

    This is a helpful reply, Bungo Pete. I've considered ordering an APS through-bolting kit, since our club fleet of (~8) Lasers are ocean-going vessels, and corrosion over the years has widened the eyestrap holes for both boom blocks; repeat riveting doesn't last long anymore. I'm curious whether...
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    High-quality knee pads for downwind in the cockpit?

    Thanks for the helpful feedback, all. I was wondering if there was some all-star brand of knee-pad out there that I was missing out on. It's good to know that well-cushioned volleyball pads, frequently replaced, are a simple and good place to start. I'd compressed my several-year-old pair down...
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    High-quality knee pads for downwind in the cockpit?

    Hey folks, I developed painful bursitis in my knee by the end of last season from all the hours spent with my knee wedged into the forward-port corner of the Laser cockpit on the downwind leg of races (so mostly my left knee--consistent with my starboard preference! I'm often hard by the lee on...

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