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  1. joe c

    Issues with ordering from Sail Racing

    Just over a week ago ordered my new hat from them. Go alinghi!!! Webpage said was in stock. Msg them to find out if they ship to the US they said yes. Put in order pay get email saying they will update when shipped. Nothing. Msg them today a week later and they said they're waiting on...
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    I am sure these have been posted here but...

    i just had this dropped off from a friend as a gift. haha.
  3. joe c

    so...new season...new list of stuff to buy...pfds

    Did the last 2 seasons with the westmarine 60 buck pfds. They work fine. A little on the stiff side. Im not sure what starts to smell bad but i think its them getting wet again. So along with the list of other normal random stuff, I want new ones. Obviously the zhik is on the top of the list. I...
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    ok.....hull repair under storage well.

    crack in my hull under the storage well. i filled it with thickened epoxy back in the winter but probably bouncing on the trailer or loading it with no water/lowtide probably busted the crack open. i decided to poke at it today and yep, goes all of the way through. took on about 20gals of water...
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    launch chaos....L2

    ive got the sailing down. but the launching is always hit or miss. with the dagger tangling in the vang half the time, and messing with the downhaul for the rudder... once the water is deep enough to have the rudder down it gets more difficult to hop in the boat from the water. obviously a deep...
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    Rudder hack?

    So...in the pile of rudders I have, I came across one with the pintel installed upside down from the stock orientation i think. I thought it was a bit odd until I fit it up..and it made total sense. I've noticed that when trying to remove the assembly the tiller obstructs the pintle and makes it...
  7. joe c

    Someone give McCartney some lessons!

    Is his boat really named Linda? Lol
  8. joe c

    Goood lawd the weather this weekend....

    Cutting out of work.early today to get in some tiller time. Biggest wind yet for the fish..should be fun!
  9. joe c

    Forum member meet ups!

    Met up with @Helme1el yesterday for about a 4hr cruise around the cove..wind was light and the usual shifty. Learned a bunch more about my boats handling etc.. it was cool having 2 of the same weird boat out there but his boat is gorgeous! The rub rail isn't even scratched. Here's a couple of...
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    just some summer pics from the first away game this season.

    Loaded up the fish on the trailer and took off for a state park up in the nothern chesapeake. about an hour away. (elk neck state park). theres a pretty ok ramp on the clean side of the peninsula and the camp grounds and beaches run along the coast to the end of the point on both sides. so its a...
  11. joe c

    What hurts?

    After just a couple of hard hours sailing the laser2 my thighs are just destroyed the following days. Lol..I still skate a bit..I've been an avid snowboarder. Back into bicycling. Road raced motorcycles. Even done some endurance racing. But holy crap my thighs are just destroyed after 2 hours of...
  12. joe c

    my name is joe c, and i have a problem.

    its called craigslist, or kijiji, or fb market place....or whatever. lunch stalking and this listed up. 25 mins before i signed on. 3 boats. 3 daggers in pretty damned good shape. one complete rudder setup in very nice condition. one missing a tiller and the associated tiller hardware. 2 masts 2...
  13. joe c

    Which rescue knife?

    im not real worried about getting tangled in rigging during a capsize but i dont have a knife on me generally. gill sells one but i see mixed reviews online. not sharp. rusts. corrodes. blah blah. the rooster one looks like some turkish sword. and i dont know if it will cut line and a harness...
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    Laser 2 updates

    not much to show. installed the bottle ports. i located them there to get to the deck gunwhale area where im installing the cams and fairleads for the spin sheets just above. also, surprisingly there is no existing blocking for the main sheet cleats! so ill put in some sealed up ply and pull...
  15. joe c

    Any experience with ordering from vela?

    just curious.....
  16. joe c

    been throwing this together.....its a 74....

    Ordered up the line kit and have it. got a collapsible paddle from west marine. it fits perfect in the aft storage. just gotta figure out how im going to secure it. made new rudder from south american pattern mahog. collapsible battlestick installed. carved up a new tiller from some red oak i...
  17. joe c

    whos using what for gps tracking apps?

    Was looking at the watches but curious what apps there are for your phone. Im guessing the benefit to the watch is its on your wrist. Waterproof. 2 thing my phone is not. But since they use your phone as a link you still need it on the boat. So starting just looking at apps. Id like distance top...
  18. joe c

    Laser2 mast and boom on market place phili

    No connection to seller but found this mistakenly identified rig. Definitely laser2 stuff..better pics would confirm.its a 2 piece mast but pretty sure. 110 bucks for the rig. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/206593034837118/ Also found an l2 on kijjiji in Ontario an l2 with 2...
  19. joe c

    Laser 2 stuff; one piece mast mystery and hull dissection

    Some msg back and forth with @LaLi revealed that the 1980 masts might be the same as every other year. im pretty sure ive seen some documentation with the same mast i have on my boat. its a single piece. has the same step and tensioning mechanism. (internal by way of bolt jack screws in the...
  20. joe c

    Picked up a 74 this weekend...

    just cleaned it a little today. still needs a leak test. pretty unmolested. no ports cut in. couple of dings repaired. scratches on deck from spares. ugh! scratches on transom from using tiller with opened out bolt hole! spars are a little corroded but very usable. mast step definitely not...

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