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    ILCA gives LPE the boot... seeking new Laser builder

    in Dinghy Anarchy

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    Are ILCA boats required to be sold with official ILCA sails?  If so, buy boat and sell unused ILCA sail (to someone racing official ILCA events) at a discount over buying retail.  Then buy your un-fee-tainted knockoff sail and probably have some cash left for a new keyboard for your computer after it wears out from continuing to solve this terrible injustice through posting on this thread.  Sorry, back to your regularly scheduled programming...

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    What Have You Done Today?

    in General Anarchy

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    3 hours ago, Jules said:

    I don't know how you guys are dealing with that.  Doesn't it leak into the home?

    110 year old house... yes it does.  Avoiding anything that can draw air into the house such as the gas furnace in the basement, or the vent fan over the shower.  The central air fan runs all day just to keep pulling air through the filter.  Air quality improved from "Hazardous" on the scale down to "Very Unhealthy" yesterday.  Back up to "Hazardous" this afternoon.

    Hi, new member. Shopping for a small boat.

    in Dinghy Anarchy

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    Most folks at our club have given up on rollers for launching off the dock.  They are higher and often don't roll that well with something heavy balanced on them, especially solo recovery in a strong cross wind.  Instead we opt for a strip of plastic on the dock edge.  Search for "King Starboard plastic".  I put down a 4' x 2" strip on the dock edge about 8 years ago and the boat fiberglass is still glossy, and the plastic is holding up great year round.  Just make sure the screw heads remain sunk down.  I splash a little water on it before launching just to make it as slippery as possible for our 300+ lbs boat..   Not sure how well it works with a plastic boat like the Taz though.

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    Which Dinghy for Portland, OR (PDX) area sailing?

    in Dinghy Anarchy

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    With the demise of the WSC Vanguard15 and Tasar fleets years ago, I think Lidos and Daysailers are the "newest" crewed dinghys 'round here.  

    Well plenty of weeks of racing left this year to try to meet and greet at both clubs.  All your choices are good active fleets with great people.

    And I fully support a multiple boat plan!

    Which Dinghy for Portland, OR (PDX) area sailing?

    in Dinghy Anarchy

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    I think you've made a good evaluation so far.  Tough choices but I'd also look at if you can get to the club in time. C15s says you probably sailed with L&C many years ago.  Traffic in Portland has grown exponentially so can you get the family from school and work in Camas to SW Portland for 6:30 weeknight starts consistently if you choose DS racing at WSC?  Hate to make that a factor in what should be sailing discussion.

    Cascade Locks is fantastic but more of an off-the-beach dinghy environment than trailerables. Lasers, Tasers, Aeros, etc.

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