Monday Laser Rant

Originally posted by Cirrus .....or just relegate the offending item to storing spare stuff than never ever leaves that dry garage.

Or throw it in the loft and hope to remember it when you sell the boat....

[QUOTE= I can't help thinking its not as bad as you make out.I never had a single problem with the rudder clip, even if it didn't work then the traveller should be so tight that the rudder cannot lift. The tiller should be shaped and fitted properly, this normally means driving it in with a mallet or a lump of wood. Getting the tiller out is a bit of a pain but never had one that wants to eject itself or used a pin. Set up properly the control lines are pretty simple and can stay in place for transport. In all my years of sailing them I never bent a single top section. It was mostly caused by leaving the kicker on hard after a race, maybe I was lucky, but probably not. The foil bags aren't great, but not the worst! Perhaps the challenge of a proper compass is part of the fun? QUOTE]
+1
Sounds like you need a bit of tinker time.
I put a nice shiny Laser stock into a well known foil bag and it came out corroded to buggery.
Same happened with a carbon Contender mast(not the carbon obviously)
Wouldn't old carpet be better?


Edited by piglet - 30 Nov 16 at 9:07pm

The only issues I ever had with the Laser was, heaving the mast and flapping sail into the mast pot without putting it through the deck (I have puny upper body strength) and the main sheet catching around the lip on the corner at the back. No amount of yanking on the mainsheet mid gybe seemed to resolve this.

Edited by JohnJack - 01 Dec 16 at 9:07am

Sailing block to block is a given, you need to be able to. You will also need a lot of kicker as the wind gets up. Even so, I still never managed to bend a mast. Actually, that's a slight lie, I once bent a bottom section at deck level. 

No, the spider is there because it is illegal to add extra hull fittings. That's just a "laser-ism".