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davesrighthere
Newbie Joined: 17 Apr 12 Location: Wiltshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
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Topic: Laser New Wave Posted: 23 Apr 12 at 12:29pm |
Nigel,
Would like to see if your sails are as colourful as mine :-) Dave
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radixon
Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 12 at 4:29pm |
Did Laser want you standing on your head to work out the letters are N W, not M U...
Nice to see pictures of the boat. Edited by radixon - 23 Apr 12 at 4:29pm |
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Webmuppet
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Mar 06 Location: Suffolk Online Status: Offline Posts: 534 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 12 at 12:50pm |
Our sails are just as colourful ! .........although, yes, it is a mystery why the sails appear to bear the letters 'mu' rather than 'nw'. Our boat hasn't seen much use for some considerable time and the mainsail appears to have shrunk - it's definitely well shy of the mast top (it's been suggested that the bolt-rope itself may have shrunk?) Nigel |
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 12 at 2:02pm |
Pull the main all the way up before placing the boom on the gooseneck. you will have to pull the boom down quite a bit to get it on ( 1 to 2 inches if memory serves even with new sails). If it just won't go then indeed the bolt rope may have shrunk, if so unpick the stitching that holds the bottom of the bolt rope and ease it up an inch or so and re-stitch......Have fun
Edited by GK.LaserII - 24 Apr 12 at 2:09pm |
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davesrighthere
Newbie Joined: 17 Apr 12 Location: Wiltshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 12 at 3:28pm |
The boat's looking really good in your picture.
I have the same spinnaker colour too. Dave
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Wharris87
Newbie Joined: 29 Jan 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jan 13 at 9:34am |
If anyone is looking to buy one of these fine vessels, I have one for sail- 1994, good condition, ready to sail!
Good fun, fast boat to sail! PM or email me at will.harris'at'composite-integration.co.uk for more details. Cheers, Will |
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Ansel1
Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 13 at 2:06pm |
Hello.
I have a laser 2 regatta and want to change it into a laser 2 new wave. That why i am looking for any information and fotos of the new wave dingi, espacialy I liket to know, where the genakerpole is fixed to the boat and what kind of fittings are used. I am writing from Gemany. It would be nice, if you could help me. Thank you. Best regards Ansel1 |
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Ansel1
Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 13 at 3:37pm |
Hi Nigel,
I have a laser 2 regatta and want to change it into a laser 2 new wave. To do this, I need information and I hope you can help me. The thing I need to know is the length of the genakerpole and where it is fixed to the boat. Maybe you have a photo of this. I would be grateful if you could give me that information. You can send me an e-mail to volker.harting@t-online.de Thanks a lot Volker |
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Medway Maniac
Really should get out more Joined: 13 May 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2788 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 13 at 3:57pm |
Volker, I would strongly recommend that you try sailing a Fun New Wave, then try a (Laser) 3000 before embarking on any modifications.
I think your choice will then lay between the 3000 and staying with the Regatta symmetric layout. In my experience, the New Wave (and I gave it a good try-out in Minorca back when really it was new) it was a a bit of a lash up, and I wasn't at all surprised when Laser quickly dropped it and did a proper job of converting the, in itself nice, Regatta into an asymmetric in the form of the 3k. Just my 2 cents worth, but I was and remain a fan of both the Regatta (the nicest symmetric boat I have ever sailed on a spinnaker reach, tho' I have reservations about the fit-out) and the 3k. I wanted to like the New Wave, but gave up on it after a few tries.
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Ansel1
Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 13 at 5:03pm |
Thank you for the information.
As I know the hull of the 3k und the laser 2 is the same. The difference is the cockpitlayout. I am sailing my boat singlehanded for a five years, I never used the spi because it is too difficoult to handle for only one person. That is why I want to change the symetrik layout to an assymetric one, this is better to work with. |
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