mmaddock said:Cheers, I'll give it a go. Will it leave any residue on the sail?
Matt
Please, would you be so kind and explain in details, how you would do this - and especially how this changing you will explain to the measurer for the Laser, so that he gives you a new Measurement Certificate.rock steady said:Simply change the hull # - it's easier ...
Wow that sucks that the measurer wouldnt let you go wih an error that tiny. And I agree that unless your sailing at a regatta that is ISAF graded or a national event it probably doesn't matter if they hull and the sail numbers are different.halibut said:At the Masters Worlds in 2002 quite a few of us had to remove and replace our sail numbers and national letters (mine were off by about 1/8", many of us felt the measurer was a bit over-zealous). It was a frenzy of removing and replacing (and a fair amount of profanity) the day before the first race.
We found that a mysterious substance called "Goo-Gone" worked very well to remove the residue from the numbers on the sail, and didn't seem to cause any visible damage to the sail.
I would agree that unless you are planning on racing nationals level events, just use the existing sail number. If someone else is using the number, change or remove one numeral.
Mike S
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sailor327 said:And is it just me or did a new look to the website just go into effect yesterday.
49208 said:It's a skin or style that reverts back to the default - scroll to the bottom of the page, on the left you'll see a drop down list where you can change it back to "Main- (Grey)" which is what it was.
LooserLu said:Please, would you be so kind and explain in details, how you would do this - and especially how this changing you will explain to the measurer for the Laser, so that he gives you a new Measurement Certificate.
Thanks
LooserLu
LooserLu said:P.S.: If someone takes away the original-builder-sticker of a newer Laser-hull and glues it on a Laser(-replica-)hull he/she will definitely will be senteced by a court, if the police could catch this person here in Europe. This happened already in Italy, our district-sec told us, some years ago in 2004.
Perhaps in the outback at Australia or Russian-Taiga or in the African-/South-American-jungle this no one interests...
Georg W.F. said:Are you saying that someone in Italy build a replica laser? Did this person attempt to race with it? Crazy story! I am not sure if I believe it...
Merrily said:Back to the sail number removal--I've heard that you can just sprinkle talcum powder on the glue instead of removing it. I haven't tried it myself to know how well it works.
No. I say, that our district secretary in our district-Laser-News (of 2004) told us about the fact, that someone stole that original (silver-coloured) Laserstickers from Lasers in Italy. He also told us, that it perhaps it can be possible that this stickers are used to make a Laser-replica to a sort of "legal-"Laser. Laser-replicas professional have been build in Poland during the 90ties and in the beginning of the 2000s in a Baltic-State (Lettland or Estland or Lativa). Our friends of Suomi (Finland) mentioned this, in their district-Laser-forum some time ago - I have a translation from Finnish-Language into German (in my archive somewhere). This replicas still are not on the market of course, because PSE surely stopped it asap.Georg W.F. said:Are you saying that someone in Italy build a replica laser?
Georg W.F. said:Did this person attempt to race with it?
Personnally, I have nothing against anyone (perhaps yes: if they are the CEO's of Northamerica and Great Britain of the "out-of-the-boxboatbuilders" in reason of their "pricing-strategy" for Lasers and Laserparts).Georg W.F. said:I am not entirely sure what you want to say with your last comment, but it seems that you say that in non-western countries people can get away with it? In any case, please be nice to our Australian, Russian, African and South American friends.
LooserLu said:LooserLu
P.S.: If someone takes away the original-builder-sticker of a newer Laser-hull and glues it on a Laser(-replica-)hull he/she will definitely will be senteced by a court, if the police could catch this person here in Europe. This happened already in Italy, our district-sec told us, some years ago in 2004.
Perhaps in the outback at Australia or Russian-Taiga or in the African-/South-American-jungle this no one interests...
rock steady said:I simply mean changing the "Stickers" on the hull to match the sail number. Or even taping over the existing numbers and writing over with the matching number.
I know (from TVrock steady said:....and outback Australia has no water, so people don't sail Lasers out there.
Merrily said:You must do something different from what we do here in America. The only stickers on my hull are state of Ohio registrations numbers that are unrelated to my hull number. If I took them off, I'd be in deep doo doo.There's a ranger on my reservoir who is relentless. . .
rock steady said:Only power boats need a registration number on their hulls in Australia. Does that mean you need an aquatic license too?
LooserLu said:I know (from TV) and ergo: no one changes the original-serial-number of the Laser at lovely Australia
G' day
LooserLu
Merrily said:What is an aquatic license?
Hi Skipper,Skipper Johnson said:Hello LooserLu. I had to shoot a vicious kangaroo today on my way to work.
If I remember right, in the frist movie, Mick Dundee and Sue went to his farm in the outback and there, at his farm, is a small lake...perfect sailing area for the RC-Laser!Skipper Johnson said:... Crocodile Dundee are waiting to go drinking beer with me!
Merrily said:A boat registration here is for taxes and identification. All boats in Ohio must have them, power, sail, and paddle. Some other states don't require them for small boats. Maybe it's the same as an aquatic license?
rock steady said:In Australia, an Aquatic License (or Boat License) is an actual exam you must sit before the water authority allows you to steer a boat.