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Do Different 
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 Topic: Monday Laser RantPosted: 01 Dec 16 at 9:16pm |
 
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Emilio Castelli
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Joined: 22 Nov 11 Location: Sebastopol, Ca Online Status: Offline Posts: 20 |
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Posted: 01 Dec 16 at 11:27pm |
Wrong. 22. COMPASS (a) One compass is permitted mounted on any part of the deck or the cockpit, provided that the hull cavity is not pierced by anything other than the fasteners. We have enough "laser-isms" without making new ones up. E
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RS400atC
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Posted: 02 Dec 16 at 5:29pm |
Level racing, boat on boat. Not sure I'd call it 'class racing' as many of my esteemed rivals seem more relaxed about class rules than I am. On the race course it is great. |
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Do Different
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Posted: 02 Dec 16 at 7:16pm |
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That seems the eternally frustrating thing about a Laser. Nice boat to sail but infuriating niggles that could have been weeded out through it's life.
I know, I know "same for all" "creating an arms race" "increasing cost". Come on though really, they are hardly cheap now, especially when you consider the very basic materials they are made from. Would a gradual and process have really killed the Class or made it more inspirational and engaging to progress into the new innovations as they came along. I am led to believe the real keeners are changing boats and sails on a regular basis anyway and the hackers like me would have enjoyed the chance to pick up a three yr old spec boat to replace the earlier clunker.
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Sam.Spoons
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Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3401 |
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Posted: 02 Dec 16 at 7:53pm |
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Lasers have changed over the years, several versions of the sail (which only remain competitive for a season at best), XD kits and super kickers (due to the crap sail and spars). If they were cheap that would be fine but they ain't........
Laser could easily upgrade the bits that wear out as any serious (and semi-serious) racer will change every year or so anyway and keep the durable bits the same. Mylar sail, carbon spars and a bit of freedom to change things that make a Laser horrible for us short ar5es (toe straps primarily) and you'd have a proper 21st century boat.....
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Do Different
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Posted: 02 Dec 16 at 8:03pm |
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Yes exactly the XD and mighty kickers are there now as a response to the cobble up of knots people came up with to get around the rules; anybody else read Glenn Burke in the 90s? What a way to treat a sail though, winding the cunningham on down past the gooseneck, ridiculous.
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 02 Dec 16 at 8:17pm |
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Yup, about time they changed to a decent rig like the Byte class did with the CII
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Oatsandbeans
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Posted: 02 Dec 16 at 9:14pm |
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They still do that with the cunningham don't they? I was at a laser training day a few years back and the coach told me to put the cunningham on. My Response was that it was on, he then grabbed the rope and said words to the effect -call that down haul, no this is what I mean by down haul! Put his foot against the bulkhead and used all his strength (with the XD set up), to get it down to the gooseneck. Made the sail shape flat and really easy upwind, but didn't do my brand new sail much good.
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jeffers
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Posted: 03 Dec 16 at 7:58am |
The new Mk 2 full rug sails need even more cunningham apparently (if that was possible).
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Paul
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getafix
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Posted: 03 Dec 16 at 9:01am |
.... nothing will change, some may say lazy pace of change, others great one design racing, the reality is that even in 2016, when there are many, many "better" boats for the money out there, so many L*sers are still out there that only voting with our feet en masse will ever have any impact. A brave club may one day say "no laser fleet, sorry" but that day, I would guess, is still some way off |
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