The Laser Bug

   it will be needed to get that horrible lump of plastic moving!
it looks like a joke!

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mike ellis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339	Post Options Post Reply Quote mike ellis Report Post Quote Reply Topic: The Laser Bug Posted: 16 Jan 08 at 6:13pm
	it will be needed to get that horrible lump of plastic moving! it looks like a joke!
	600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318

MerlinMags Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Admin Group Joined: 19 Mar 04 Location: UK, Guildford Online Status: Offline Posts: 588	Post Options Post Reply Quote MerlinMags Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 08 at 6:49pm
	I found the permanently bent aluminium mast the oddest bit! I expected fibreglass. Apparently it fits inside the boat when derigged. Some good ideas on the boat - perhaps a little too cunning? The 'wheelbarrow' method of moving it was quite good I thought. The sales guy assured me the wheel could cope with shingle. But it would need an adult to lift it, not a child.

landlocked Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 06 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 222	Post Options Post Reply Quote landlocked Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 6:49pm
	Hey Y&Y crew did you get your delivery of cookies! Edited by landlocked
	Cherub 2535 "Eggbert the Nasty" Soon to be for sale PM for Details Cherub 2657 "Slippery When Wet" Don't sail fly Cherub

Chris Bridges Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Nov 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 699	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris Bridges Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 6:58pm
	Anyone actually sailed a sunfish? They are horrible, sailed one on holiday once, might have just been that it was an old one but the boom was so low and it was when I was short..
	49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC

radixon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407	Post Options Post Reply Quote radixon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 7:43pm
	The sunfish is the other boat on Laser's stand. Never really seen them, then they appear on feebay! One question - WHY?

Chris Bridges Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Nov 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 699	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris Bridges Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 7:47pm
	I don't know, does laser's version look any good? or the same slow cramped boat? The only place I can really picture them is on a beach made out of rotting wood
	49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC

Peter Rhodes Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 24 Apr 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 171	Post Options Post Reply Quote Peter Rhodes Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 8:41pm
	perhaps to improve trim you could make the wheel into a paddlewheel, with a centally mounted steam engine hence giving it an integral tea urn as well. then even, how about sharpening the paddles to allow it to be used to trim the reeds at the edge of the lake, then considering the size of the thing use it as a lawnmower at home!

HannahJ Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 861	Post Options Post Reply Quote HannahJ Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 9:02pm
	I've got it! Wind-powered wheelbarrow!!!!!!!!
	MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail

radixon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407	Post Options Post Reply Quote radixon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 10:05pm
	Lets see how many are put on the classifieds after the summer. First one wins a prize!!!

FireballNeil Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 03 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 654	Post Options Post Reply Quote FireballNeil Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 08 at 10:36pm
	No it will take 2 summers, this year it will get used a bit and left for the winter, and then not used next year because its rubbish and then be sold in the autumn
	Neil