Re: Quiet list

["krscc" <jkelly1 (at) CAPECOD.NET>]

OK John, let's talk Laser Sailing.  But let's cut the techno bull and
"stear" the conversation toward the things that really make a Laser sailor
good, i.e. practice and how much time in the boat the good guys spent to
get good.  What kind of drills do the good guys do?  Anybody use video to
help their boathandling? What exactly is your "offseason training ritual"
or is there really no off season for the better sailors?  Let's face it,
the Laser is a difficult boat to sail and some folks just can't cut it. 
Let's not try to   
make it any easier because someone doesn't want to get strong enough to
sail the boat.  Maybe selling the athleticism of the boat will get more of
the right folks involved.  Too many weiners spoil the beans.  What's wrong
with telling someone who's 135lbs that maybe a Sunfish would be a better
boat for him/her?  Not too PC?. How about a weight minimum of 155 lbs at
all major championships?
	 As to all the expensive lines and carbon fiber techno add-ons, I say NOT.
 Home Depot rules.  Give me an andodized aluminium tiller and a 46"pvc
tiller extension any day. It does the job at 1/20th the price. ($10)  Too
many folks are hung up on squeezing that last .01 kt out of their boat by
having what they beleive to be the perfect rig setup when what they really
should be doing is keeping it real by just doing it.  Then they take their
tricked out beauty and proceed to miss shift after shift, get herded to the
wrong side of the course, finish poorly and still find an excuses outside
of their own lack of TRUE preparation.
Hope I've said enough to wake up a few of you lazy buggers.  Merry New
Year.  JK
	
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> From: Jbt21@AOL.COM
> To: laser@laser.org
> Subject: Quiet list
> Date: Monday, January 01, 2001 6:26 PM
> 
>     
>     Hi all,
>         Hasn't the laser list got quiet lately! I'm getting a bit 
> disappointed when I come in from work, check my e-mail and am lucky to
get 2 
> or 3 messages.  Now, we're all guilty, we bear a collective
responsibility 
> for this deafening silence.  Just 'cos its cold outside, and our lovely
'13 
> foot, plastic diversionary apparatus' may not be seeing the use they get
in 
> the summer, is no reason not to talk about it.  After all, 
> talking/bitching/encouraging/arguing/advice-giving/moaning, are some of
the 
> things the laser list is proven to be excellent at accomplishing.   
>     Who can forget the discussion about carbon masts.  A debate that I'm
sure 
> will run and run.
>     Or all the helpful maintenance posts, renewing tiller extension
joints, 
> batten ends, what number is my boat? etc.
>     Whether Bytes Bite! 
>     A certain customer rights issue Re. a Coloured, zippered sail.
>     THE NEW VANG!
>     Rule 42.
>     And of course the Big Robert v. Ben debate, only narrowly surpassed
by 
> the US Election Discussion, (Rebecca For President). 
>     OK I had very little to do over the holiday, and reviewed the 2000 or
so 
> posts I've recieved since subscribing last April.  (I was responsible for
4 
> of them).  I'm sure we can manage to do a little more.  Share your pain
as 
> you begin your pre-season fitness program.  In the absence of Laser
traffic 
> I'm sure we can spend a little bandwidth on 'The Race', (if no-one
objects of 
> course). Lets fill those mailboxes to summertime levels and have
something to 
> while away those long winter nights doing, (yes, I'm currently single,
and 
> believe me, those winter nights are long!)
>     Can I just take this opportunty to wish everyone all the best in the
new 
> year, and thank everyone who has contributed to a list that I'm sure must
be 
> one of the best on the Net.  It's certainly helped my return to the best
'God 
> Darn Boat' in the world.
> 
>      Yours
> 
>            John
> 
>      159690
>     ILCA Member
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