Thanks to all for the advice and various links. I believe I have solved the problem. In the past I have been threading the hook from the port side leaving the hook exiting on starboard and parallel to the boom. Today I tried from starboard to port. This left the hook perpendicular to the boom, a...
Greetings All; I've been using the Harken Clew Hook with Rooster Strap for a month. Today, after rounding the downwind mark, went back on a starboard tack in about 10 knots of wind, and the clew hook detached. I was able, with some difficulty, to get it back in and finish the race, sadly last...
Hey Torrid: I am neither a)Laser stud nor B)a windsurfer. Actually, I've been on a Laser only a couple of months. I was lucky enough to have this rigging style demonstrated by a veteran Laser sailor my third time out when the wind was really hootin'! It has reallly saved a lot of time and wear...
I beach launch from a dolly but before: I attach the rudder/tiller and place daggerboard on boat. Then I assemble mast, rig sail, attach boom, clew, vang, out-haul, and cunningham all flat on the ground before picking it up, head to wind, and putting on boat then finishing off the outhaul and...
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