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The only sailing I've done all summer has been on my laser. Its been a thrill, yet extremely challenging to learn by myself, which is why this forum has proved so useful. The biggest payoff has been my rock hard abs. Tonight I'm going to try to get on a J24 for a race; many of the laser fleet...

In what situation would you need to release it quick? Do you rig your boat while it is on the dolly, and then put it the water. Backwards learning here, yesterday was my first day of surfing, planing and jumping the waves from the wake of the sportfishers leaving the channel, an...

Is there a trick to not catching the main sheet on the corner of the transom? Many thanks!

:confused: how exactly does my autobailer work? I have the kind with a round circle and a metal rod sticking out of it. Also, I noticed the on the bottom of the hull, the square little hatch for the bailer to empty is not flush with the bottom of the boat. Could this be why when I put my boat...

My laser has no mainsheet cleats. Are they legal, and must I buy them from Vanguard. I'm assuming they're a must have. My second time out ever with my new radial rig, I did not get beat up. Only later did I realize the radial requires battens as well, can I use those from my full rig. How...

Yesterday was I took my laser out for the first time ever. It was an offshore breeze gusting to 15 knots. I could not handle the boat. I was glad the tide was low in the harbor so that I could stand as after the first major capsize I didn't have the energy to hoist myself out of the water and...

Or should I go with the more expensive Helly Hansen types? I don't want to wait till early/mid June when the water warms up here in S New England to try out my new laser. I don't want to buy a wetsuit just for April & May if I'm going to have to invest in a drysuit anyways. But will a drysuit...