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The goose neck on my 2012 Laser broke. It was a clean break at the bend of the flange for the rivets on one side. My previous boat also had a goose neck break in similar fashion. I wonder if there is a fault in either the design or manufacture of the fitting. It's a simple task to replace a...

What's going on at Laser Performance? The 4.7 sail is on back order at every dealer that I have contacted.

I have used a Lockpit for many years and like it very much. One thing it does not do, however, is to prevent dagger board warping. In hot weather the weight of the board on the retaining straps is sufficient to bend the trailing edge. A judicial application of heat from a hair dryer and pressing...

I sail about 60 races per year and my current boat is five years old. Should I be thinking about installing an inspection port and reinforcing the base of the mast step? Does anyone have any info on how much usage a typical Laser can withstand before the mast step is likely to fail? The...

The RRS specify that flags will be "displayed" from the race committee boat. I would like to garner opinions about the definition of "display" in this context. If the furled flag on its pole is put up does that mean it is displayed? I tend to think that the flag is not displayed until the...

Here is one for the rules mavens. Two Lasers are sailing on the downwind leg on starboard tack. The lead boat is about one and a half boat lengths clear ahead of the trailing boat. The trailing boat has slightly better speed and bears off to pass to leeward of the leading boat. The lead boat...

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up using some 3/4 inch internal diameter plastic water supply pipe (1 to 2 mm thick) It was a tight fit to the 1 inch diameter tiller after I had cut out a thin strip of material from the pipe to allow the plastic to be snapped on. This worked well until the...

I have a one year old alumimium tiller that has a groove worn into it by the traveller. What kind of material do people use as wear strips on their tillers?. Cheers, Indrek Aavsito #181136

This is an extremely poor idea. Consign it to the appropriate receptacle, where it belongs.

I'm surprised that there has been so little respomse to this thread. It's perplexing that the interpretation about the outhaul says that the control line must move through the fairlead (as opposed to a fixed line passing through the fairlead). The reasoning behind this interpretation is...

I think these are coloured strips of sailcloth attached to the mast by rubber bands. They identify which fleet the sailor is in