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FireballNeil ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 03 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 654 |
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http://www.i14australia.org/Nationals0607.html One hell of a vid |
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tgruitt ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 02 Dec 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2479 |
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Needs to sail more...
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Medway Maniac ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 May 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2788 |
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Laser 2 was the nicest boat I ever sailed on a three-sail reach, Fireball, 505 and asymmetrics included. Somehow very light and balanced - the video reflects that well. The kite was the nicest symmetric I ever used, set on just the right length pole. Trouble was, everything bent where and when you didn't want it to! We used a 505 pole, but you couldn't so easily uprate the boom and that telegraph pole of a mast with its diamonds (why?!) and no pre-bend. The 3000 addresses all those issues, but even though we've kept the kite size moderate and avoided the pitfalls of a lot of assys that can only sail windward-leeward, we've lost that unique feeling of lightness of the L2 on a three-sailer, even if the speed of the 3k is greater. But would I go back to handling an L2 symmetric kite to get that feeling back? Probably not, but I'd like to try it on a sorted boat with a proper mast and boom. Maybe a project on an old Laser 3000 - add a D-ring to the mast, couple of clamcleats and fairleads to the gunwale, then an uphaul-downhaul on the mast - but the list is getting longer, and it'd be a shame to spoil an L3k - maybe not, then! |
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Not fantastically exciting but it's the only L II video I could find apart from the stuff on the class website... Shame it's a class thats dying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNLsU0Mew4&mode=related& amp;search= |
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redback ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502 |
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As for my daggerboard I can only assume I hit the anchorage for the cardinal mark I was hoping to round. Boats nearby had their blades in mud and appeared to be stuck. We had slightly over stood and so had cracked our sheets and were heading for the mark at very high speed (it was windy). The next thing we knew was the bow was underwater, I had hit the shroud and the crew was on the foredeck - then we capsized. As I hauled myself up onto the board I realised what had happened and also that the board would never again go up through the slot. We had to retire and when we arrived back at the club we laid the boat on its side, cut the handle off the top and pulled the thing out of the bottom. I don't know if you realise the board is reinforced with steel rods. The tip was bent off at about 30 degrees. Thankfully the hull was undamaged but then they are built rather solid. Medway Maniac sent me this photo as a momento. |
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Villan ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1768 |
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Been removed by the user!!!!!
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MRJP BUZZ 585 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1496 |
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Yea i saw it on the tasa site, awesome
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Skiffman ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() ![]() Joined: 27 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 291 |
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thats awesome |
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Black no sugar ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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Thanks radixon.
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radixon ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407 |
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anyone seen this collection of 49er crashes before, Clicky Sorry if you have but only got listed 5 days ago. |
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