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The Rooster 8.1 Class - Tuning Guide
Tuning Guide By Steve Cockerill With the possibility of sailors well in excess of 90kg sailing the Rooster 8.1, we have built in a large amount of luff curve the sail to support the leach – even when the mast is bending sideways under the full hiking load of the sailor. This means that the rig has to be set up differently to the Laser® Standard Rig sail that perhaps you may be more used to. If you were to merely use the equivalent vang (kicker) tensions of Laser® Standard Rig sail you would immediately notice, on an off-wind leg,...

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Harmonised Rope Colours - Dream or Reality?
Standardisation of rope colours has been a hobby horse of mine for a very long time. I'm pretty sure it...

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Protecting Your Assets - a Buyer's Guide for Spar and Foil Bags
Breathable Bags Putting your spars and foils into a cosy bag feels like the right thing to do. But if...

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Rooster® Duratex II™ - The Future of High Quality Neoprene Protection
Dinghy sailing can be super tough on your kit. Decks and cockpit floors that feature aggressive grip give the sailors...

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How to "End for End" a Top Mast
Bent top masts in the Laser®, now ILCA, are not fast - you loose leach tension which in turn effects...