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hey guys- Yesterday I went sailing with a friend for a couple of hours... I took her back to her house (on the lake) and I was cold and hungry so I stayed until around midnight. I sailed the couple of tacks back to where I keep my boat in total darkness, and it was totally awesome. The wind...

hey guys I have been teaching myself to sail over the past three years in a laser, and this summer I have been participating in a weekly race down at my local sailing place. I have found that my skills are decent and my boat is performing well, except in one area... pointing. I find that other...

so... forgive me if I ask stupid questions, my sailing knowledge is pretty much only based on my knowledge of the physical principles involved because I have never had any kind of teaching. Also I tried to search but couldn't find a very good answer to my question. So, I have heard that in high...

I am a newbie to lasers and sailing... I bought an '84 over the summer and had a great time, but eventually I ran into a problem that is both minor and really annoying. The fairlead on the end of my boom (outhaul fairlead) is cracking around the aft rivet. The plastic is missing about 1/3 of the...

Hi- I'm a bit of a newbie here... I bought a laser for myself because the price was right and I've been trying to teach myself to sail with a decent degree of skill. I'm getting to be comfortable with the boat in most conditions, but one thing that still evades me is sail trim. I know the...

Hi- I just bought a used laser yesterday... I don't have much (about 3 or 4 times out, all in bytes) experience sailing but I was down at a sort of sailing club (the WAC at the UW for those of you in seattle) with my friend, and I was rolling her byte back up to storage when a lady came along...