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    Nautalytics out of business?

    Has anyone dealt with Nautalytics (digital compass) lately? I purchased one in January 2018 and it worked fine but last April (2019) the display stopped while sailing. I though the auto-shutoff function or batteries were shot but then I would hold down the power up button and sometimes it...
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    News  NH Seacoast Laser NOR

    Great Bay Yacht Club/PSA Spring Laser Regatta NOTICE OF RACE Saturday, May 19, 2018 (Rain date next day) Hilton Sate Park, Dover, NH 11:00 AM Registration, Skippers Meeting at 12:30 PM at the park 1. RULES: The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) the Laser Class Rules (ILCA) the NA Masters Rules, this...
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    Laser 2 Helm Position

    Any advice on my position as the helmsman in a Laser w/18-22 knots of breeze? I am sailing in Bonaire and we were screaming upwind and reaching. I was hiking w/feet in straps and the other guy was on the wire. The problem was that the spray was such that it was as though I was on the wrong...
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    Tingling Fingers?

    Does anyone suffer from swollen and tingling sensation in their fingers after sailing for 2 successive days? I am 56 and it may be a by-product of age but I'll be damned if I am giving up sailing Lasers. I first experienced it a couple of years ago after about the 3rd day at Rick White's...
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    Leak Detection with smoke

    I have a '76 boat and have been plagued by a small water leak(s) that despite using the air/soap method could not find. The mast step would hold water etc. Others had conjectured leaks at the cockpit drain fitting I run a auto repair shop and we recently purchased a smoke machine that is...
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    Tiller turbulence downwind light air

    When sailing downwind in light air, I am more or less wrapped around the leeward side of the raised centerboard with my leeward knee and leg folded under me on the deck and my windward leg in the cockpit with the boom at least at 90 degrees to windward (sailing by the lee) and the boat heeled to...

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