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Any recommendations for boardshorts to wear dinghy sailing? I find neoprene shorts too warm but all the boardshorts I have tried get caught on the gunwale grip tape as I hike so I end up with builders crack. Not pleasant for anyone else in the general vicinity. Something with a higher waist like the neoprene shorts would be ideal. Thought I'd ask here before I crack out the sewing machine.

Thanks for the advice. I've done the calcs on the basis of the carbon carrying the full bending load so I can get that to work. Given the timber will just be the core, would finger jointed timber be okay as long as the joints were offset?

It must be sailing season. My Javelin needs a new centreboard so I'm sorting out the shape at the moment. The plan is to have a pine core with a 100mm wide carbon uni strip down the length both sides and sheathed in fibreglass. My concern is how the carbon fibre will load up when my fat 120kg stands on the end of it after a swim. If all the carbon is on a parallel sided part of the board, all the carbon will load at the same time but there are performance compromises. If I use a normal NACA shape without a parallel section, the smaller area of carbon at the widest point will load ea

I'm all for poorly planned out projects but it's great to have the knowledge of people here to highlight the risks. Laying at night awake in the early hours puzzling is normally a good indication I need to ask for help.

Hi Frank, That is a very helpful reality check. Especially the warning that I might end up ruining a perfectly good hull. I'll do some calls and see where I get to. Part of the issue is that being in the south island, all the newer Javelins are a very expensive ferry ride away so it isn't often worth relocating them. The only false floor one I've sailed had a very light floor that I was worried I would put a foot through. Maybe strengthening a false floor would be a better use of my time. Thanks again for your response.

Thanks.

I've got an old Javelin that is pretty narrow at the transom and has a lot of rocker. With me being 120kg and my crew being 80kg we find that it's almost impossible to get the transom up out of the water and, until we get planing, we dig a really deep hole in the water. Is it feasible to cut the seams of the hull from the transom to some point forward and reshape the hull? It seems a pity to give up on the boat when all the other systems work well and there's all that material there that could be reused. The hull is glass over ply without a false floor. Has anyone done thi

Anyone know where to get a small Lance Cleat in NZ?

Where does everyone go for aluminium dinghy masts then?

I've been trying to get hold of NZ rigging for a dinghy mast and haven't had any luck. I've sent a bunch of emails and rung to follow up and haven't had any replies. Does anyone know if they're still in business?

Hi. I'm after a Javelin or Cherub mast or something similar. Needs to be in the upper South Island. Cheers, Chris

Anyone know what grade aluminium a laser rudder stock is made of?

I need to replace the floor on the Laser 2. I'd like to do a foam and glass one but don't have vacuum equipment. What type of foam, thickness of foam and number of glass layers would you guys use as a starting point? We're a heavy crew but I don't mind putting a couple more frames across under the floor to help with that.

That's plan B if I can't find something to buy. I don't have a workshop at the moment unfortunately.

I've just bought myself a cheap laser 2 that needs some work. The jib, rudder and rudder stock are knackered. If anyone has any laser 2 parts they wouldn't mind selling I'm keen. Cheers, Chris