Category: Dinghies

Chatter and Concentration

Today, I was hoping for a dry day so I could put my new tell-tales on the sail. My prayers were heard and with Brent’s help I managed to put three pairs of tell-tales, above the sail “window”. Next time I will put two more pairs at the luff of the sail in line with…



Wet Sunday

This morning I arrived at the club and it was already raining. Steve called me to ask if we are sailing and I said yes, so he came within 20 minutes. We rigged and went out. It was quite windy and wet. At the start, although I went to the line in time, I didn’t…



Laser 156417

Next time you are at the Welsh Harp, look for the Laser with sail number 156417. That’s mine! Yes, I bought a second hand Laser from the club, which was bought from the Laser Centre. I had sailed this boat last Wednesday and a rivet that holds the mainsheet block at the aft of the…



Nothing Exciting

Yesterday I went to the club. Steve was there, so I thought I could go and I took out the other new (second-hand) club Laser for a sail. This one is a 144xxx number. That puts it somewhere in 1991. It’s in a quite good condition for a 15 year old boat. It has a…



Non Starter

Today is the day that we would test-sail the two new club Lasers. I started rigging one of them and when Brent came later to take one of the old ones, I told him to take the other new one in order to test them both. I knew they were missing some control lines etc….