Monday 14 March 2016

Small IRC winner

Cruising through the Sailing Anarchy forums I came across this discussion:

Small IRC Winner

It takes 8 posts before the Laser 28 gets mentioned? So glad that we knew the Laser 28's potential when we were looking for a new boat. FarrOut is a fabulous boat and looking forward to sailing her as soon as I can get home (currently working in Kazakhstan).

The decision to replace our GK24 with a Laser 28 came to me one sunny morning  / afternoon / whatever it was? I was too tired to know. We were tied up against the waiting pontoon in St Peter Port Guernsey after a gruelling night race from Cowes. We were racing my friend's Figaro 1 "Rattler" and had put a lot of effort in and were hoping for as decent a placing as her rating would allow.

We'd probably been tied up around 10 minutes when along came the Laser 28 "Lazy Bear", now known as "Moondog". It was pretty impressive that this 28' boat had made the passage in this sort of time. I was in love........

The day that the money cleared in the bank from the sail of "Chuckles Too" our GK24, Stu, Steve and I were on a flight to Scotland to view FarrOut.
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  1. mike palmer18 March 2016 at 13:16

    hi jez
    our laser 28 , gillaroo , same age and builder as Farr out, is in the air at stone pier yard in warsash for two weeks . We are a bit concerned about the keel bolts as 30 years is, well, 30 years. Before we lift the boat enough to inspect the bolts exiting the keel, have you ever done this and do you know anyonewho would have specific knowledge or if j bolts were "fabricated from an austenitic grade of stainless steel, such as Aquamet 22 or Aqualoy 22, both widely used for prop shafts. These alloys are much less susceptible to pitting or crevice corrosion in an oxygen­starved environment, with the added assurance of delivering nearly twice the tensile and yield strength of 316 stainless steel".
    my email is Mike.palmer95@gmail.com

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    1. The signs are everywhere20 March 2016 at 23:46

      Go to the laser28.org the instructions from one of the Canadian builders for keel bolt tightening is there.

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  2. The signs are everywhere21 March 2016 at 00:42

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  3. The signs are everywhere21 March 2016 at 00:43

    We race against a Figaro 30 and beat it over the line on a regular basis on a Laser 28 . Fast boat that looks like a cruiser giving you a tactical advantage over anyone that does not know what it is . Easy to sail too

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