Mike--thank you so much for the offer, way more than I expected. I will likely be coming down this thursday and be staying through Sunday. I am not entirely sure if sailing will work out, but I will send you a private message with my cell number. I have no idea how to thank you.
And...
I may get a chance to spend a few days in Destin, FLA in early August. I'm wondering if there are any rental places that have lasers? Or maybe some other kind of dinghy? I prefer monohuls but a cat will do as well. I hate how they sometimes modify the boats in a tourist-friendly way (boom-less...
Try using a pulley system.
Tie a line around the mast where you attach the boom. Take the long end of the line parallel to the mast up close to the tip, do a little loop-knot around the mast and throw the rest of the line over a tree branch or something. Raise the mast and lower it into the...
No, it's just a good way to carry it. I guess in case you need to jump in and steer it for whatever reason you can access it easily.
Clean hull, no blades in the water.
Sails tend to stretch out and deform over time with heavy use. At 20+ years you are definitely looking at a major power loss, except perhaps on downwind.
When I sailed opti a friend of mine had an old sail that "balooned"-stretched and he would fly downwind. . .
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