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  1. Tacking a Laser

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  3. How to Tack

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  1. Laser Sailboat CleanUp 2

  2. Laser Sailboat CleanUp 1

  3. Laser Roll-tack

  4. Laser Restoration Part 5

  5. Optimizing Your Boat with Control Adjustments is the 🔑 to Success

  6. How to Tack a Laser

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  1. Tacking a Laser

    Tacking a boat means we change tacks by moving the boat through head to wind. This means the tack starts by heading up towards head to wind. As soon as the bow of the boat crosses head to wind the sail will come across. At the same time you need to bring your body from one side to the other. It is not unusual to lose speed during a tack.

  2. How to tack a Laser (ILCA)

    IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR TACKING IN THE LASER DINGHY SAILBOAT YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!Laser Coach Aaron Smith with some tips on improving your ta...

  3. Laser Sailing Top Tips

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  4. Laser Sailing

    Andrew Scrivan's Laser Roll TackAndrew Scrivan is a former member of the US Sailing Team Alphagraphics, he is one of the top sailors and coaches in the world...

  5. Laser Sailboat Upgrades & Restoration Guide and Advice

    Over 200,000 Laser sailboats have been built over the last 40 years, more than most other small dinghy sailboats. ... It uses two sections of line, a primary dyneema or spectra line to pass through the tack grommet and a coverer secondary line which is fed through the blocks and lead down to the deck cleat for easy adjustment.

  6. Laser Dinghy Tacking and Gybing

    This will help the boat turn smoothly and prevent it from stalling. Sail Trim: Release the mainsail slightly to allow it to spill wind, reducing the power and heeling of the boat. This will make it easier to roll the boat through the tack. Roll the Boat: As you initiate the tack, use your body weight to roll the boat smoothly and efficiently.

  7. Laser Sailing Tips

    Laser sailing tips and advice for those wanting to get into Lasers. Advice on buying & rigging your Laser sailing boat, & hitting the water for the first time. ... Watch how others start, tack and gybe, as well as their body position and and sail setup. - Watch the water: Look for wind gusts and shifts. Try to keep your boat in breeze, so ...

  8. Rigging a Laser Sailboat: How To Rig & Launch a Laser Dinghy

    With the mast in place, slot the boom into the mast, and tie off the outhaul to the sail clew using a bowline, as shown in the knots section. Then attach the clew tie-down, making sure to tie it underneath the outhaul. Close-up of laser clew tie-down and outhaul. Attach the vang and cunningham. Tie a small loop in the end of the cunningham and ...

  9. PDF Laser rigging guide 3 1 10

    Tack Luff Bow Port: Left side of the boat when looking forward Starboard: Right side of the boat when looking forward Gunwale: Upper edge of a boat's side Leeward: Direction away from the wind Windward: Direction from which the wind is coming Nautical Terminology fi gure 8 or square knot cleat bowline clove hitch stopper knot Boom 1.

  10. Practice the Body Mechanics of Tacking to Improve Your Sailing

    When stepping over, place your aft foot as far forward as possible on the new side. This will keep your weight forward and help you pivot. Get the boat sailing in the right direction before pulling up your windward board. Use heel angle, sail pressure, and visual references to exit the tack a few degrees below close-hauled.

  11. Step-by-Step Guide: Learn How to Rig a Laser Sailboat for Optimal

    To properly rig a Laser sailboat, it is important to understand the components involved, including the rigging lines. Here are the steps to follow: 1. Begin by setting up the main halyard. Attach it to the head of the sail and run it through the top of the mast. 2.

  12. Lasers in Strong Wind

    Therefore, short-course racing practice is a must to improve boat handling. Get the tack and gybe in, along with head-ups, bear-aways, and mark roundings. Adjusting the sail controls is key (kicker off and main sheet off to bear away, downhaul on and centreboard down before the leeward mark) and practice makes perfect, or at least a lot better ...

  13. How to Tack in the Laser || Complete Laser Tacking Guide

    Tacking fast in the Laser is a hard skill to master. In this video, I break down tacks from a range of wind conditions, and show you exactly what the best sa...

  14. Changing Sails

    Tack fast, slack momentarily, regain speed and then trim for weather sailing. If you get caught in irons, rudder hard over and hold, sail all the way out. When on a beam reach, trim the sail very slightly to get the boat moving, and regain steering control. Downwind, wiggle the bow to help with lift. When rolling out, or diving, is all you do ...

  15. Laser Instructions

    On a tack A boat is always on one tack or the other; that is the sail is always on one side or the other. Outhaul A line used to haul out the clew or after corner of a sail on the boom. Overlap The condition where a line drawn across the transom of the leading overlapped by a middle boat. Overtaking Passing another vessel. Painter

  16. How to Rig a Laser Sailboat: 12 Steps

    A Laser sailboat is an exciting, fast, and adaptable one-design dinghy that is perfect for beginners and experienced sailors alike. ... Rig cunningham: Adjust luff tension using Cunningham system; tie one end to tack eyelet at base of sail and then lead it through a series of blocks, ending with cleating off at a jam cleat near mast base. 12 ...

  17. How to Rig a Laser Sailboat: 12 Steps (with Pictures)

    1. Get all your parts together. You should have the boat itself (the hull), the dagger board, the rudder and tiller, your mainsheet, both mast pieces, boom, boom bang and sail in one place. 2. Put together both the pieces of your mast. The bottom of the top half just slides into the top of the bottom half.

  18. What Is Tacking & How To Tack A Sailboat

    Literally going from 45 degrees off the wind on one side, (i.e. 2 o'clock), and then turning your boat through midnight on the clock and going 45 degrees to the other side beyond 10 o'clock. If you can visualize that, you are half-way to tacking your boat, so now let's add the commands.

  19. How to Sail

    This video will show you how to tack a sailing boat. tacking is the term used to describe the process of how turn the boat across the wind. A series of tac...

  20. Laser Dinghy Traveller

    Traveler. The traveller allows the boom to travel from one side of the boat to the other, depending on which side the wind is coming from. Generally, you will leave the traveler on as tight as possible in most conditions. However, you may want to loosen it a little in very light conditions so that the boom can easily move from side to side when ...