I just picked up a 1973 Laser and was looking for some information.
It appears to be in good shape, but I'm not sure I know what I should be looking for to check for hidden damage that needs to be addressed before I put it in the water.
The hull appears to be intact. and the foils appear to be the original wooden foils. The spars appear to be good.
I just discovered that the hull may house an ant pile, so would I harm anything by opening the hull inspection port in the forward deck and then spraying down the inside of the hull with water? and then draining it all out the drain port in the stern?
I think I might want to get another sail and a set of replacement lines and maybe replace the block on the hull by the daggerboard slot.
what size lines should I be looking for and what lengths? The mainsheet appears to be 6-8 mm? what size lines the vang, cunningham, and traveller and outhaul lines?
I'm not looking to race it, just get back into sailing. It has been over 20 years since I last sailed a Laser, and I think I remembered just enough to rig it up, the youtube videos I looked at for Laser rigging were not any help as they all seem to have a lot more blocks and gadgets than I remember.
It appears to be in good shape, but I'm not sure I know what I should be looking for to check for hidden damage that needs to be addressed before I put it in the water.
The hull appears to be intact. and the foils appear to be the original wooden foils. The spars appear to be good.
I just discovered that the hull may house an ant pile, so would I harm anything by opening the hull inspection port in the forward deck and then spraying down the inside of the hull with water? and then draining it all out the drain port in the stern?
I think I might want to get another sail and a set of replacement lines and maybe replace the block on the hull by the daggerboard slot.
what size lines should I be looking for and what lengths? The mainsheet appears to be 6-8 mm? what size lines the vang, cunningham, and traveller and outhaul lines?
I'm not looking to race it, just get back into sailing. It has been over 20 years since I last sailed a Laser, and I think I remembered just enough to rig it up, the youtube videos I looked at for Laser rigging were not any help as they all seem to have a lot more blocks and gadgets than I remember.