everyone just listen to one thing. " if you want to get better spend time on the water and go sailing". who cares about this crap. if you can get the board down then good if not then find out how. but spend your time on the water and not wondering how to do things differant.
...who cares about this crap... .
A lot of people I know are tired of having to replace the current brake once or twice a year. It is a constant pain in the butt.
Once or twice a year! Is that all? Mine gets changed far more frequently than that. This is one of the few new products this year that I have been looking forward to as the existing brake wears out in a matter of weeks for me.
I did this, it helped a little, but not much. The front of my trunk was worn out a little, so this could have caused it. But so far, the velcro didn't do anything.I am planning to putting a piece of fuzzy velcro on the front of the trunk, but I am sure it won't buy me that much room.
Is this the time I get all upset that the North America and Europe has equipment that isn't available yet in Australia and keep harping on that it will make your boats faster than ours, just like what occurred with the centreboards and rudders which Australia/NZ got first?
As I've said before, if two daggerboards are supposed to be the same, there's a lot more to it than matching the weight and nominal dimensions.
Those of you who have bottomless sailing wallets are ruing laser sailing.
And yet I don't do any better with my Aussie blades (that I bought used from Paige Railey a few years ago).
That may be so, but that's hardly an objective measurement...
To get back on topic...
Has anyone else actually installed the new brake yet? Did it require drilling new holes for proper alignment? I didn't install mine last weekend, but I may put it on this weekend.
The laser up untill a very short while ago was using equipment you were more likely to find on a viking ship than a racing dinghy! The fact of the matter is almost everything needed to be updated and its LONG over due.
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That's why I put the little "roll eyes" smiley there.
Actually the new brake looks like it is viking-mark-II standard at best. At 15 bucks extra.
The Laser manufacturers and the ILCA will understand what the Gouv and many on TLF are talking about when a competitively priced and durable boat comes on the market, the RS 100 or Rooster project X perhaps.