I am new to the laser class and have just purchased a brand new boat. I am working my way through the usual set up and adjustment problems that come with a new boat - but have one issue I cant resolve.
On the weekend I went out in a reasonably strong breeze (25+) and found the when working upwind I had some fluttering in the leach between the bottom 2 battens. - This is not fast !!!
I was sheeted near block to block (except in the gusts), had a fair amount of vang, cunningham maxed out and the foot was all but flat and had this problem. I thought maybe ot was due to the retainer on the clew so I tightened this up as tight as possible- problem still persisted.
Has anyone had this problem on a new sail before ..if so what am I doing wrong in my set up ?
I would like to get this sorted before I destroy the sail !
On the weekend I went out in a reasonably strong breeze (25+) and found the when working upwind I had some fluttering in the leach between the bottom 2 battens. - This is not fast !!!
I was sheeted near block to block (except in the gusts), had a fair amount of vang, cunningham maxed out and the foot was all but flat and had this problem. I thought maybe ot was due to the retainer on the clew so I tightened this up as tight as possible- problem still persisted.
Has anyone had this problem on a new sail before ..if so what am I doing wrong in my set up ?
I would like to get this sorted before I destroy the sail !