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Graduate Tuning - Strong Winds (with some good technique tips for all 2 sail classes)
Some great images and videos here for anyone planning to race hard in strong winds in a Graduate. - Over 20 knots. This quick guide should help you prepare for some strong breezes in future. If you are not a Graduate sailor - there is still some great tips. On Shore Preparation: Sails prepared to counter the draft being pushed aft by the wind: ©Nigel Denchfield/ Stewartby Water Sailing Club Jib Cunningham: (See image above) This is a more powerful control than you might imagine. Pull it on hard on the shore after you have applied your rig tension (My...
Laser - How to make an Ultimate Traveller for the Laser
Laser Clew Straps - the good, the bad and the ugly!
Whilst at the Laser Masters Europeans I was surprised to see Jean Luc Michon not using a clew strap. Jean...
New Products
Can you taper Polilite?
Despite using Polilite® in its many diameters for many years, I am embarrassed to say that I have only just...
2000
New 2000 Shake Down and Sort
After picking up a new 2000 from RS sailing, I spent a day preparing the boat for the first event...
