Roof Racking - which way up?

So the nice thing with the D-Zero right way up is that all the spars, foils and sail stay in the boat

Originally posted by Peaky I wonder of its possible to develop a cover with Lycra, like a sock?

In the 80s I only travelled to Laser events from home, didn't keep the boat at a club. I used a cocoon cover to keep the entire boat covered in one, very convenient, sealed boat, no straps, no flapping on the motorway. I think it was made by Alpha Sails who are no longer in business, but shouldn't be too difficult to have one made.

I guess the only down side is that if the event is more than one day you still require a top cover to throw over the boat overnight, but for storage at home and travelling the cocoon cover was great.



Edited by sandgrounder - 29 May 14 at 8:47am

Originally posted by Daniel Holman I've seen lots of Finns cartopped right way up, which must invalidate a lot of vehicle's warranties!

We did this all the time with Finns on Al's Transit, but it did have high capacity roof bars.

One on top and two at the back is great for European events as two then get to fly down and overall it's much cheaper than chartering (plus you've got your own boat). However, you do need a few lardy Finn types to get it up top