RS aero

Originally posted by Chris 249 Originally posted by Chris 249 [QUOTE=rich96]The lightweight laser sails needed to be changed for major events (regardless of what is/was claimed). They were hopeless in that regard. unless you're talking about the sails from the '70s and early '80s, Laser sails don't "need" to be changed unless you are in the top few percent of the fleet, and by definition few are. Some of us have cubes that indicate that we may not be fools when it comes to Lasers, and I'm not sure we're liars when we say most people don't need to change sails as often as some say.....

Exactly my point - the upper end of the fleet changed sails very regularly - you don't do that in many classes.

In most classes you don't find club racers also changing their sails as often as you do in the Laser fleet (those that sail most weeks).

There will no doubt be some examples that disprove this but essentially its fairly accurate to say that Laser sails are changed more than many other class sails.

No sure what "liars" have got to do with it (?) but my point is simple really - Laser sails don't last very well if used regularly. Its not really news to anyone.

Well, I have an aero , but have always liked good laminate sails, however laminates are in my experience still just as prone to wear and more prone to catastrophic failure ( delimitation ) modern laminates are pretty good, but let a laminate jib flog and you can ruin it far quicker than a dacron. Back in the day of ISO sailing you just had to look at the 'genesis' sail and it was on its way to see its maker!

Originally posted by Rupert Not sure what it has to do with the Aero,.

Go back and read the posts

Originally posted by Rupert I did. Dacron sails, la de da.

Well done ! Now you know what this has to do with the Aero !

Exactly Rupert.