Recent content by cayenne24

in response to teeftie. While not initiating surfing sheeting in and out breaks rule 42. Doing it slowly may only keep you from getting noticed.

For frostbiting in the great lakes the dry suit is essential. Other essentials are a couple of other sailors and a crash boat. I just got into frostbitting this past year and it is a great way to keep your skills up during the winter. In Portsmouth NH we sail Cape Cod frosties throughout the...

Out of the three race boats that I have the laser is the leakiest. The cape cod frosty has no autobailer and the daggerboard trunk is tight. Also no enclosed spaces so no chance of trapped water. My J-24 has no openings below water level, the sink drain which was the only below waterline...

I have done both truck/car topping and trailering. I have a small boat trailer that I got with my boat that I have modified so that I can slide my laser on dolly up on the trailer ( The modification is a U shaped track that runs up the center of the trailer which the front of the dolly slides in...

You may want to check that the new inspection port will fit in the old hole. An old laser I had, had larger inspection ports than the ones currently used. 3M 5200 is great stuff if you want to permently bond the two surfaces. When I replaced a toe rail on my J-24 I had to chisle the old toe...

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This is a great question for this forum. Sounds like you have very little chances to talk to other laser sailors. In my experience books are a great resource but tend to be dry. If you do not connect with the authors style then it can be very frustrating. Discussions in this group can be...

Use a bowline for a knot. You should have no problems untieing at the end of the day.

If you do a yahoo search on sailing mn you will get a number of hits. There appears to be a number of programs to learn sailing. I know this is a laser forum but do not be stuck on learning to sail on a laser. Learning on a small two person dingy with an experienced sailer will be more...

Definitely work a few races as part of the RC. You will get a very different view of racing. You can learn much to help your own sailing by just watching the race. You will get a good understanding of what the RC is up against and will also learn many new combinations of four letter words.