Hello there i am a Young Sailor and need some help with rigging questions for a Invitation 3.8 12 ft.
I am fairly new to sailing have received my White Sail II, and trained on 420s on a lake, i purchased a second hand Invitation Laser built by Bombardier. It was bit beat up had a few holes after sitting on a front yard for a few seasons. Purchased it from the wife of the owner who passed away a few years back and boats(also a Catamaran missing a few parts).
Ive Fixed the wholes and built a new Dagger board. The biggest issue i seem to be having is Rigging with my Main sheet.
I am missing a few parts:
Boom Vain
Nothing to keep sail attached to shaft of boom.( not end of boom but shaft)
proper blocks for rigging.
Knowing how to rig main sheet
I have one main block, attaches to floor of boat. is a ratchet block with a Harken Cleat attached to it.
Sorry for such a long post, but ive been trying it out for few summers and havent seem to been able to figure it out thought i would look for some help.
The sail is a loose footed design - it only needs to be attached at the tack and clew
It looks like it used the standard Laser vang, which is nothing more then a self cleating 3-1 system - someone may be selling one in the for sale section, worth checking out.
If you can post a couple pics of the boom and deck, we can give you some more specific advice on what you need.
In general, genuine Laser parts are way overpriced and simplistic in design. The knockoffs try to fix the pricing issue but are still simplistic in design.
Since you are not constrained by Laser class rules, you could rig the boat with ball bearing blocks etc that work much better and cost less $$