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Reuben T
Groupie Joined: 22 Mar 13 Location: Lyme Regis Online Status: Offline Posts: 74 |
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Topic: dealing with an old laser sail Posted: 10 Apr 13 at 9:04pm |
I race regularly, every sunday and wednesday, with a laser sail with the number 9108 on it. Last week someone commented on its 'blown' shape. I have noticed I cant point quite as high as everyone else and I suspect this is due to the sail. Is there anything I can do to minimise the impact the sail is having on pointing, and performance in general, or is the only real solution a new sail?
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fab100
Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1005 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 13 at 10:03pm |
Can you post us a pic?
without seeing it, the answer is quite probably time for a new rag - or get a retired one from the club hotshot
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Caveman
Groupie Joined: 17 Sep 11 Location: Kent Online Status: Offline Posts: 64 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 13 at 1:25am |
Reubin, If I owned an old Laser and used it only for fun sailing and a bit of club racing on Wed nights, I would buy a "training sail" from a reputable company like Rooster. It should be good quality and affordable compared to the official Laser product (and who knows what is official right now?!) You would not be able to use it for open meetings. That will probably not bother you for a while. However, do check first that other fleet members are happy for you to use a training sail for club racing.
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jeffers
Really should get out more Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 13 at 9:09am |
There is not a lot you can do with an old Laser sail to make it work effectively.
I would do either of the above (depending on what you club permits) and keep the old sail for windy days.
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Paul
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kingdacks
Posting king Joined: 04 Oct 11 Location: Poole Online Status: Offline Posts: 148 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 13 at 7:37pm |
Get an ex worlds, ex charter sail, or talk to some of the ex olympic guys/girls or there coachs they always seem to have sails that you can buy that are no use to them but would be perfect for your club racing.
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Reuben T
Groupie Joined: 22 Mar 13 Location: Lyme Regis Online Status: Offline Posts: 74 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 13 at 7:39pm |
there are already two toppers sailing with replica sails at my club so they seem ok with it, but i will be moving to the south coast soon so i don't know what the clubs there will think. I do the laser open that my club hosts every year and would ideally like to do more if I could get to them, so i probably couldn't get a replica without compromising next years sailing. I was hoping there was a technique that allowed old sails to keep up.
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kingdacks
Posting king Joined: 04 Oct 11 Location: Poole Online Status: Offline Posts: 148 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 13 at 7:47pm |
If you have a look in "championship laser racing by Glenn bourke" I am sure there is something on old sails in there.
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Fraggle
Far too distracted from work Joined: 28 Feb 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 220 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 12 Apr 13 at 8:54am |
UKLA ad page http://www.laser.org.uk/SmallAds.php?Action=Default&SessionCRC=-1061618925 usually has lots of bits and pieces for sale. I think at the moment Charlotte Dobson is selling of all her radial gear as she has moved to the FX for her next campaign, I would imagine she'll have several sails at various quality/prices to sell.
Ebay usually has lots of sails. Just do check pictures carefully so you don't end up with something as bad as you already have.
Ask the front end of your laser fleet at your club if any of them have any old, but better, sails they would be prepared to sell you.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/dinghies/ for various items. Radial sails have come up on here recently.
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bluesam3
Newbie Joined: 11 Mar 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jul 14 at 12:28am |
Apart from all of the above about getting a new sail, I tend to find myself using a bit more cunningham upwind when sailing with older sails, to flatten out the profile and improve pointing a little (at least to the point where I'm reasonably comparable to everybody else).
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gordon1277
Really should get out more Joined: 24 Mar 10 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 665 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jul 14 at 8:54am |
Dont worry about us on the South coast worrying about your sail for club racing, half the fleet here have replica sails. Open meetings especially official world qualifiers would be different.
We at Lee on Solent are having a bit of a resurgence in our laser fleet but not at a level anyone would find intimidating. Always happy to have active new members. Gordon |
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