Hi All, I am afraid I have traitored to another class and therefore am selling 179. The boat is in good condition with 2 sails, over and under covers and a...
Nothing so adventurous! I have decided to move to a Phantom purely on the basis that they are more suited to our pond than the EPS and there are more guys at...
Hmmm .... a f/glass one I`d assume ? Right back in the early eighties when I was young,fit and adventurous I sailed a mates self-built Phantom - awesomely...
Hi Paul, Yes I have gone for Fibre glass. Although I understand the newer wooden ones are much better I have heard very mixed reviews and also they require...
Hi all, I've been looking at an EPS for a while, but being 5"7 and 8 1/2 stone thought I might be just looking at completely the wrong boat. At present I sail...
Hi Sue, The EPS also benefits from having a choice of rigs - the big rig at 9.3 metres and the small rig at 8.4 metres. Compared to the Laser 1 / radial / 4.7...
Hi Sue, My son, who is a competent Lasor sailor gets on very well with the EPS, He is about the same weight as you and 13 yrs old. I have a big rig and we...
Richard Thanks for the thought. How did you get on with the spare and bearings? Reckon I'll buy it with duff bearings and see what I can do if you fancy? Pete ...
Laser EPS 276 Small rig - limited edition in Yellow. Fantastic condition. only ever lake sailed. We haved owned this boat from new. Combi trailer, under/over...
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I have been contacted by Rob Dangerfield from Llangorse who has confirmed that there will be an open at Llangorse on 29/30 Sept 2007. For those of you who...
I suffered my second capsize last weekend - dead running down to the start in a force 3 to 4 - I was in full control (for a change)as a gust came in, but...
That throws me into termoil! My main racing class is Supernova because I like close class racing, and Won the open at LLangorse 2006. Whilst I want to get the...
Hi Paul, Speaking from a position of great experience, the most common capsizes that I had in the EPS were running dead downwind to windward, one minute you...
Although I do not have a good answer to your question, I think 3 things can help here (but you probably know them already): - If there is a chance for a...
By the way, there is a good description of the San Francisco roll in the article on Extreme Weather sailing by Steve Cockerill; see the link at the bottom of...
Hello everyone, Having just moved house, you must know whats its like, things in the back of cupboards, well I came across my original rigging manual and ...
Ahhh - the wrap yerself around the centreboard trick ! Yes, I know how to do that - perfected it during my early years in a Laser 1 - when falling in was fun...
Hoyte- the first description I read of the `san francisco roll` was by Dick Tillman in his book `laser sailing` in 1976 !! Shows that I`m an old man too .......
Not familiar with the terminology of 'san fransico roll' ? Thought this uncomfortable and very wet procedure was called the 'eskimo roll' which originated from...
Can anyone advise me how to tell if my rig is a 9.3 or an 8.45Sq.m? The mast height is 6.25m. I don't have another rig to compare it with & their seems to be...
Hi Baz, Yes, thats what I knew the roll as - bloody wet and damn dangerous ! When I asked some questions prior to buying my EPS I was informed on a couple of...
I have a spare full rig (9.3) in my garage - I can measure it from gooseneck to mast tip if that helps ? Paul. eps264 EPS 264 - more fun than a bucket full of...
Yes, great - thanks. My mast is 6.32m from the very tip (ie top of main halyard pully assembly) to foot where its stepped to the deck. From gooseneck its 5.64...
Hello there everyone, I've been away for just over 3 months on a ship (i work at sea) so have missed out on any sailing and on reading up on the message board....
Hi Peter, Thanks for the e-mail, I would really like to keep on to the large rig, as it suits me very well in lighter winds but thanks for the offer, I am...
Now on the Burton Sailing Club fixture list - see here; http://www.burtonsailingclub.co.uk/racing/duties_2007.html What with the Llangorse event also being...
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