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http://www.roostersailing.com/merch...e_Code=1&Product_Code=L81R&Category_Code=lpns
Anyone seen this in action?
Anyone seen this in action?
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http://www.roostersailing.com/merch...e_Code=1&Product_Code=L81R&Category_Code=lpns
Anyone seen this in action?
Before long we will be alowing any hull shaped like a Laser to be raced under any rig using any blades able to slide through the hull.
Merrily said:That looks cool for heavier people, but you have to wonder if the mast step and hull are up to the greater stress from a bigger rig.
The builders and the class itself brought this on . They first introduced the concept that lasers should have multiple "one for each of you" rigs when the M rig was built.
The class and builders have been bent on self destruction by division since the earliest says. etc etc...
I want my piece of the greed pie!!!
...amazing performance that would suit anyone over 90Kg...
...tests have shown that the boat can be righted within 3 mins...
Visited the Dinghy show in London this weekend where the 8.1 rig was on display at the Rooster stand. The sail and upper mast section (carbon fibre) both looked of very high quality.
I noticed the price is listed in pounds. Does that equate to about $800.00 USD for both the top section and sail?
Does anyone think a "fat boy" class for the Laser has a better chance of luring Finn sailors back to a Laser than the Finn has of luring big Laser sailors to their class? The Laser is way more popular and far less costly than the Finn.
The rig is designed for the larger person ergo "Fat boy", (I can say it cause I are one.) I struggle to get below 200 lbs. If I had the choice to spend $800.00 and stay in the Laser I would do that no question over dropping $10,000.00 for a used Finn where I'd have to drive 100's of miles to race anyone. We have multiple rigs for the "little people" why not one for the larger sailor? Big people need love too!
Looking at the pic and the printed words on the rooster site, there is no different upper section
The 8.1 use a much taller, aluminum lower section.. Doubtful you could build a carbon section and sell it with the sail for the price Rooster has it listed...
We are talking about pretty small numbers. I'd guess the over 200lbs folks account for less then 10% of the fleet at any regatta.
... I just assumed the carbon fibre top section lying on the deck ...
In our local fleet there are at least ten guys who weigh over 220. .
The dacron/mylar laminate in the leech with a dacron front end scares me a little bit from a long term shape issue. Any laminate with mylar is going to shrink over time, and this shrinkage is going to show up at the transition between the all dacron and the dacron/mylar laminate as some ugly vertical wrinkles. This usually shows up anywhere from 6 to 12 months after the sail has been in the customer's hands, more so if the sail is left in a hot climate, such as the inside of a car.
Just something to be aware of down the road.