Racing on the water is for novices. The real race is on land when it comes to rigging up the boat. Whats your shortest time for rigging up a Laser. When listing please state the rigging, covers, and the time begins with cover off and ends at sitting in the boat on the water.I have the new rigging and my current time record from standing next to teh boat with its cover on to sitting in the launched boat is 4 minutes and a few seconds. That includes fastening a wind indicator and water bottle in place. I know I will soon be able to rig in under four minutes.
XD-Style: 35 minutes,... the time begins with cover off and ends at sitting in the boat on the water.
30 to 35 mins ...for anything?
Well now this must be it. When I go sailing, I'm there to sail, not to score dinner and a root, or shoot the breeze. One day I may personally inspect how Americans "sail" at clubs. Sounds like it may be more entertaining than the last time the circus came to town.
Why rush, especially when "anything" would include a fine meal, a night's sleep, and sex.
You said "anything." You didn't limit it to sailing.
He, he, Janet said "Sex".
Well now this must be it. When I go sailing, I'm there to sail, not to score dinner and a root, or shoot the breeze.
Here's one for the serious sailors ...
What's the similarity between budwieser beer and sex in a laser?
they are both very bad things/uncomfortable?
Yeah, I admit I contributed to this chaos. We've had our little frolic, now calm down, please, boys.
That's the problem. After all we are boys and once a woman says "sex" or something along those lines it gets hard for us, (he, he I said hard) to hold back our charming and witty side!
Hey, that's not my tiller extension I'm resting my hand on in my avatar!
OK it is, but a guy can dream right!
I'm sorry I can't stop!!!! This should be moved to the silly thread. I'm guilty of derailing the how fast can you rig thread!!!
OMG. I don't know what gets into me at times....
It's a different philosophy toward racing, clearly. If some new kid wants clarification on rigging they can ask all they like, but I don't wander round making sure everyone had a good sleep and aren't experiencing domestic issues. My mind is on getting set up and seeing how the conditions are on the water. I'm usually out on the water 45mins-1 hour before the start. After the race I may stay out if conditions are good, for a bit of a wind down. I don't ever drink beer or smoke after racing. Since lasering is all about the skipper's skill, I try not to disadvantage myself by filling me full of drugs straight after a workout. So no drugs before or after, no unnecessary distractions before or directly after. After race my mind is usually full of questions/ideas about whatever happened and how they either relate to the rules or highlight training points for the coming week/weeks. The fact is that there just isn't all that for me to say to other people about sailing where I wouldn't be repeating myself ad nauseum over the period of a season. 80% of sailing can be learned from scratch without any outside advice as long as you go out and do it. The other 20% will just speed up your learning.Now, I can set my laser up pretty fast but I still will spend thirty minutes on the dock socializing. Whats the point of being the first one on the water when no one is is even out yet. Plus if you get done quick you can help other people.