As mentioned above, Cedar Point in Westport, Frostbite Yacht Club in Essex and Newport Fleet 413 are good places to start asap. Cedar Point and FBYC start up again in March, Newport is sailing right now. In terms of competition, at Cedar Point you will be sailing against the 2012 Olympic US...
Hi Duncan
The bow support (semi circular that the bow/deck edge sits on) is better IMHO as it allows locking in the bow with a short piece of line (or the tail end of your mainsheet in a pinch) . This is helpful when the surface is bumpy or when it's windy and the sail it up and attached to...
There can be an advantage in lighter airs. Both the standard and radial sails have a lot of their shape induced by the amount of luff curve in the sail. To have the mast bend and "fit" the luff curve properly, we have to use mainsheet and/or vang tension, both of which are also tightening the...
Given the age of the hull, and the prev owner's storage methods, it's not surprising the the hull/deck joint is failing. I doubt the storage of the hull on the dolly hangers caused it to separate, I'm guessing it was already cracked/failed and became easier to see once it was hanging. Your...
It sounds like the bottom of the mast tube has been ground away by the mast rotating. It was a common occurrence with Lasers and only fixed once the builders put a stainless plate in the bottom of the mast tube.
Check this thread for how-to...
"This is why you see a lessening level of adhesive wear on the tube going downward"
Can you explain that a little more.
Also would be interested in your explanation of the direction(s) of the forces of the mast against the deck.
I don't disagree that in any glass repair, extending beyond...
It certainly would make a nice hiking bench now, and use the ends as art pieces around the house. (having a bow or transom mounted on one's wall is always a conversation starter)
Before spending too much time spewing ideas to fix, give us an idea on what your friend is looking for with the...
The original vang, with increased purchase is functional. If interested in going that direction, some examples are here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20041211162106/http://www.drlaser.org/NEWRIG-sys.html . If money is tight, this is the direction I would head first.
If you have the money either...
If you are sailing in flat water, ie no water getting on deck, I'd check the bailer screw and make sure you have the rubber o-ring on the stern plug first, problems with either one of those typically show as a small amount of water in the hull
Looks like the leaky spots are the rails (deck/hull joint) and possibly the spot at the corner of the daggerboard/hull (that crack looks like it might go all thru way thru and would require at least two layers of mat in that localized area). There are plenty of posts here already for the...
Hardly anyone uses telltales on the leech. They can be useful if you have trouble telling when you are sailing by the lee (when the flow reverses from luff to leech -to- leech to luff, and reaching (confirm your vang tension setting) but for upwind (the more traditional use for leech telltales)...
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