Re: To fold or not to fold. That is the question.
Where's 'rolling it from head to foot'?
That's what I do, rolling along the leach, battens left in. Then put it in a long Rooster sailbag.
Nonsense, it's easy to roll by yourself. Just start at the head and roll along the leech, that way the battens stay parallel, then slip it in a rooster bag - 2 minutes max.
I have similar problems, I'm 6'3" and 97kg, I get sore ankles from crouching in the boat in light winds when everyone else is sitting comfortably on the deck sides. I would echo the others who say that if you're finding the extension too long you're probably sitting too far back in the boat. I...
Following up my own post, yes you can, less than a second-hand one even! Just found this on the Europe class association website:
Contact: Laura Baldwin
Telephone: xxxxx-xxxxxxxxx
E-mail: [email protected]
Description
Shirley Robertson's Wing Mast TT4, together with Sydney...
Did you notice that there are 2 issues each month?
Makes the price seem a lot more resonable, and having a 2 week production cycle means it's a lot more up to date than the monthly mags.
Yes it is, the best magazine by far for dinghy sailors and racers. Their coverage of UK dinghy racing is superb, as well as all sorts of other racing worldwide. Has some very knowledgeable writers, and unlike most of the other magazines they have reviews of boats that ordinary mortals can...
Perhaps they've realised that when Rooster can sell a 'replica' sail of the 'same cut and similar sail cloth' for £205 and still make a profit people would not tolerate an increase on their extortionate prices for the genuine article...
I bought an ex-Worlds boat used in Turkey last year. For me the saving was like having the road trailer, covers, foil bag, all those extras that push the real cost of a new boat way up from the catalog price, thrown in for free.
The hull and foils were good as new, and the sail was as new as...
Welcome to Rip-off Britain! Everything is more expensive here than in the US.
If you pay a thosand dollars for something in the States it will usually be a thousand pounds for it here. Even stuff that's made in Britain is usually cheaper in the States.
So why does a Laser have a model year?
Surely the last boat of the previous year should be identical to the first boat of the next year?
Or does the manufacturer replace / refurbish the moulds annually?
Sounds like a pure marketing thing to me, an excuse to increase the price once a year...
Got this in a mailshot from Steve Cockerill at the weekend, hope he doesn't mind it being quoted here...
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The conclusion to mast rake tests performed was that 3.082 is the current average. My boat at present is 3.0825 and that 3.083 would make the boat slightly better on flat water...
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