Laser sailors
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Topic: Laser sailors
Posted By: jpbuzz591
Subject: Laser sailors
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 11:55am
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I was wondering if someone could help me answer this question. why do laser sailors all block up the slipways with there trolleys? is it just to annoy every other boat? or is there a proper reason? ------------- Jp Indoe Contender 518 Buzz591 Chew Valley Sailing club Bristol |
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Posted By: 29er397
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:00pm
being an EX-laser sailor my self, im afraid i cant help answer that question. ------------- http://www.kielderwatersc.org - Kielder Water Sailing Club |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:05pm
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For the same reason they dump their boats any old way in the middle of the dinghy park and you've got to manhandle half a dozen boats to get to the Topper racks. The same principle applies Laser sailors, teenagers of all appearances, soldiers of all uniforms and dedicated supporters of any sports (except football supporters: there's no average intelligence in the first place). ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:12pm
So BNS, i think what you are trying to say here is that development class sailors are inherently more intelligent than SMOD'ders. Proof at last! 
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Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:17pm
Now now we do have some very nice Laser sailors at my club. We find the visitors we get for opens are not as friendly though. But as for intelligence I would refute that claim (although I too am an EX-Laser sailor). As for leaving trolley everywhere they do annoy me when they move my trolley especially as I tend to beat them all back to shore! Paul ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: gary
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:20pm
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For many of the reasons above, Laser sailors at our place are sometimes referred to as "me-me's" |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:20pm
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not a claim... its FACT. It's common knowledge that teachers are always right even if I did 'read between the lines' somewhat
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Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:23pm
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Im the only laser sailor at my club. Does that improve things at all? ------------- 
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Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:25pm
Yeah that should be ok just this once. If you start hanging out in 'gangs' you might want to think about a change of boat 
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Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 12:32pm
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haha hang arround in gangs. Id be lucky im not a squady so no other laser sailor in Scotland my age will talk to me. wait thats not nessessarily a bad thing. I want to go back to sailing the 400 proper adults class. -------------
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Posted By: 29er397
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 2:41pm
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I kinda got that when i sailed the laser on the scottish circuit. The 29er and 420 squadies are a great laugh though ------------- http://www.kielderwatersc.org - Kielder Water Sailing Club |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 3:50pm
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i've found the majority of laser squad people are funny when you get to know them the only laser sailors i know who leave boats and trollies in the way of other people are the really self oppinionated ones who think that they're the greatest and everyone should bow down to them (or pull their boat around theirs etc). leave lasers and their sailors alone please don't tarnish us all with the same brush just because we belong to a particullar SMOD class which happens to have some pr*cks in it who forget that there are other people
.....does that make any sense or am i waffling ------------- |
Posted By: MRJP BUZZ 585
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 4:04pm
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i was racing on wednesday and a laser asked if i would give him right of way even tho he was on port and i was on starboard we were both racing bloomin cheek ------------- Josh Preater http://www.bu22.co.uk"> BUZZING IS FUN
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Posted By: Harry44981!
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 5:22pm
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Makes sense completely L4.7. With the vast quantities of Laser sailors your gonna get a lot of pillocks, but also a lot of nice people.
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Posted By: 29er397
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 5:29pm
Well observed, laser sailors are not the only ones who get on others nerves, theres just a lot more of em to do it. ------------- http://www.kielderwatersc.org - Kielder Water Sailing Club |
Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 6:08pm
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remember....you can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led
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Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 6:18pm
Sometimes it can be too your advantage (as a stb bot) to give a port boat right of way. Cant think of an obvious situation off hand but i know of plenty of times where ive been told by a stb boat to hold my course and they've slowed to let me cross. -------------
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 6:27pm
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they want to make you go to the un-favoured side of the course, maybe there is more ide there or the wind is heading you on port or something, they let you cross because they know they will catch up. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 7:05pm
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yeah exactly thanks.
or they dont want someone sitting underneath them lee bowing them or whatever. -------------
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Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 7:09pm
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or they just don't want to get tangled up with you up the beat....and
if you want to go to one side of the course you might want to just let
the port-tack boat go, also remember that tacking's slow and you don't
want to do too many....we used to do it all the time in oppies, oh the
good old days!
------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 10:22pm
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tacking isnt always slow. -------------
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Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 11:05pm
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usually slower than sailing in a straight line though....AND the rules
say you can't leave a tack faster than when you went in.............
------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: MRJP BUZZ 585
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 11:10pm
although it may be slow it can also be to your advantage to get some good wind ------------- Josh Preater http://www.bu22.co.uk"> BUZZING IS FUN
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Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 8:26am
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im talking about a case where you would let him go to get to some good
wind, of course it doesn't apply if you wanted to go one way to get
benefits from more wind...the whole point of this discussion is to give
reasons as to why a starboard boat would let a porty go.........
------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 1:17pm
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to protest him later ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 1:24pm
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Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 3:22pm
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yes, i did write that! you're point being............................  ------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 6:20pm
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What, you wrote all that Javascript? wow
but why?? ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 10:14pm
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Talking of laser sailors... today at the windward mark i (mirror) called for water on about 3 lasers, and was asked if I could point a little higher... cheek... and also told i had no water when i was almost round the mark
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 28 May 06 at 12:45pm
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actually in the middle is what i wrote under all that stuff & nbsp; it said,well definetly on a cat! ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 28 May 06 at 12:46pm
ok why the hell did it put im now very confused  ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 28 May 06 at 12:49pm
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ok now the fourms messed it wont put wat it put on my first ppost on this page after i put "and all that stuff"
im now so confused its unreal ------------- |
Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 28 May 06 at 5:49pm
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erm...perhaps it you and not the forum that's messed! and what's with the tweenage american twalk? (ooo yeah its so "messed" it's "unreal") ------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 12:04pm
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what's not with the tweenage american talk, its cool
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Posted By: phantom_iv
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 12:07pm
Only if you happen to be a tweenage american. |
Posted By: Harry44981!
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 2:15pm
Cool as a steaming turd. ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 3:08pm
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i trying to make fun of them ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 3:10pm
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any way dont u think its gonna be hard to put a trolly in a good position somewere else and hold a laser in the water at the same time!if no...uve got very long arms! ------------- |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 3:32pm
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Lasers will stay upright quite hapily on their own when you let go of
them which means people have no right to moan about how hard it is to
launch them! ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 3:36pm
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no they dont they move when they get a puff of wind and sail strt downwind actually ------------- |
Posted By: gonzo
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 5:30pm
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Im sure people really are not that ungrateful and would hold your boat while you got your trailor and theres so you could both ove your boat quickly its not that hard. Unless you are really quick and finish before everyone else or end up coming in last when everyone else is in the bar. ------------- Go Big or Go home or sail a 49er!!! |
Posted By: 29er397
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 7:49pm
This would be fair enough if lasers didnt sail in fleet almost 100% of the time. If you hav never been told the 'buddy' system then you must have been living with your head in the sand! Put simply; you find yourself a friend, launch at the same time, one holds the 2 boats, while the other puts your trolleys in a sensible place. easy really ------------- http://www.kielderwatersc.org - Kielder Water Sailing Club |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 11:35am
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Maybe their all shy retiring types who feel its hard to talk to other people and ask for help! ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 12:46pm
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i did sail a laser and did have frends to help the launch!i was saying that if u were on ur one it would be hard(or if u had no frends) ------------- |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 12:59pm
...but a hell of a lot easier than the majority of other boats on your own! ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 1:01pm
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yes but still ------------- |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 1:14pm
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Busy day at work today then TT?!
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Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 1:14pm
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ur right mate ------------- |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 1:15pm
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Edit: how did 2 people manage to post in front of me? Must sharpen up a bit... ------------- |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 1:21pm
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i dont know i was just typing and he got infront of me too.no more sailing regattas u must train in the art of typing. ------------- |