where r u located. I have a good hull with no mast,boom,rudder,keel or sail........so I'm looking for a bad boat with good equipment
thanks Pat Kansas city 816-645-1388
I think the stainless gudgeons were gone by 75/76, but on the North American boats the hull/sail number was moved to the transom even earlier. If I were you, I'd unscrew the bow eye to find out more.The yellow hull- Unknown age. Someone repaired the bow eye and moved it fwd or back. covering/destroying the serial.
It does have Stainless steel rudder gudgeons, though so my guess is old.
A two-digit bow number probably doesn't carry any decipherable or even meaningful information.The blue hull- 1978 hull based off the HIN. It has a 94 under the bow eye (any meaning to this?)
I have the vaguest of memories of boat number 100000 showcased with a sail like that. That would be 1982. I have to get to my summer cottage to go through the Yacht Racing magazines of the timeI'm thinking I'll be the only guy sailing a rainbow laser sail. Have not been able to find any relevant info about the sail out there.
Haarstick in North America, Musto & Hyde in Europe, don't know about others elsewhere.Who manufactured the red Laser tagged sails?
Flex is not good, it is a very tricky repair as it involves either cutting up the whole area and relaying glass and foam, or just cutting holes and injecting resin.
I have the vaguest of memories of boat number 100000 showcased with a sail like that.
See my post in this thread for more details about coloured sails:
Sail # info wanted | SailingForums.com
MarkP, your experience reminds me of my own. I purchased a very old (hull #555) Laser with trailer that had clearly been treated with some care by previous owners, but had some soft areas on the deck. I then bought a bare hull Laser that had lots of cosmetic work needed and some areas of deck to hull separation. While the second boat looked bad, the repairs it needed were much easier to do than the work needed on the first boat with the soft deck.
I intended to make the repairs on the second boat and transfer all of the parts to it from the first boat. Well, I ended up repairing both and buying used spars, foils, etc. for the second boat.
I'm primarily a recreational sailor (and also in the Detroit metro area) so the two boats that are far from perfect are fine for me, although I have sailed a few times with the Creek Fleet group at Stoney Creek Metropark, which you may also find worthwhile.
Welcome to Lasers and this forum.
Nice photo, and good job on rockin' that old Laser!Fixed the cracked seam on the blue hull with some epoxy and fiberglass. Cleaned the seam, sandwiched some cloth, epoxied, and then clamped the seam.
Went sailing yesterday. No water in the hull afterwards