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    Vela Grey gelcoat in a bottle

    Thanks for checking it up, LooserLu. Yeah I figure I will need to try Rooster, or just buy the closest grey I can find and perhaps mix my own colour if needed. It would just be so easy if I knew the RAL code, then I could just go down to the local gelcoat store and get the correct colour...
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    Vela Grey gelcoat in a bottle

    At least here in Europe most gelcoat manufactors use RAL colour codes for identifying the different colours of gelcoat. As there are hundreds of different RAL codes one of these has to be equal to or very close to the Vela Grey used for 1999--> Lasers. Does anyone know the RAL code for this Vela...
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    sail shop in England

    Seems like the UK supplier has a discount on Laser sails (£325), see http://www.lasersailing.com/shop/uks/offers.
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    Mystery of missing mast plugs

    ...and if you place it plug facing backwards, it can make some serious noise, which is quite annoying (especially if you keep the spars on a roof rack)...
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    GRP foils?

    Thanks for the info guys. As I expected sailors haven't noticed any remarkable difference in performance (otherwise I guess people would talk about this subject more often). Has anyone noticed any difference in durability between these two different designs? Reason for asking, I had an old...
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    GRP foils?

    Hi, Does anyone have any experience using the new GRP foils? Is there any difference in performance versus the old ones, or why is this change actually taking place? Is this something you guys would consider when buying a new boat, or is it just not worth it? This is what I'm talking about...
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    How to determine age of my laser (Europe)?

    Is it possible that there is some delay in numbers in other parts of the world? I'm currently looking at an UK Laser with sail number 189xxx but it should be 2007 (last 4 digits in hull number are A707)?

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