GeoffS
Member
I'm getting ready to upgrade the running rigging on my Laser to the "new stuff". The vang seems pretty much a no-brainer: the Harken pre-rigged package looks about as good as it gets.
However, there seem to be nearly an infinite number of variations on the theme of rigging the outhaul and cunningham. I've read all the drLaser stuff and the various discussions of the new rigging, so I'm pretty confident I could design a workable system if I had to. If there was a "good enough" pre-packaged kit it would save me having to think (and sometimes that's a very good thing). I'm just a club/district racer (and not a particularly good one at that), so I have no need for the "very best". What I'm really looking for is a "best buy" with "good enough" performance and resonable price.
Last time I looked (last summer), there were a great many kits available. I was wondering if anyone has particular recommendations (or cautions) about any of them.
A couple of misc. informational bits:
Cheers,
Geoff Sobering
DN US-5156/Laser 145234/Renegade 510
However, there seem to be nearly an infinite number of variations on the theme of rigging the outhaul and cunningham. I've read all the drLaser stuff and the various discussions of the new rigging, so I'm pretty confident I could design a workable system if I had to. If there was a "good enough" pre-packaged kit it would save me having to think (and sometimes that's a very good thing). I'm just a club/district racer (and not a particularly good one at that), so I have no need for the "very best". What I'm really looking for is a "best buy" with "good enough" performance and resonable price.
Last time I looked (last summer), there were a great many kits available. I was wondering if anyone has particular recommendations (or cautions) about any of them.
A couple of misc. informational bits:
- I'm not sure what amount of purchase would be best. I'm in the "100 kilo club" (as they say in the DN iceboat class), but I have some elbow tendon problems, so I'm leaning toward slightly more purchase than the minimum.
- Since I live just down the road from Pewaukee, I have a slight preference for Harken hardware. I'm particularly enamored of the Harken cleats.
Cheers,
Geoff Sobering
DN US-5156/Laser 145234/Renegade 510