Semaine olympique française, Hyères France

Et aussi, la semaine olympique française à Hyères: Wonderful Laser videos are to be found here

Danielle Dube - Canadian Olympian in Radial Class

A young woman, Danielle Dube, from Halifax has qualified for the Laser Radial Class to race at Weymouth. Along with David Wright, these two will compete for gold. You can read about her here

A basic hiking machine - $20.00...

One the first things I need to do before getting out on the water is to get in better shape. I found a plan and built a hiking bench last night, courtesy of the Cabarete Laser Training Centre in the Domincan Republic. Building it only took an hour and was very inexpensive. I tried it once and hiked for about 20 seconds, but then I started to fade...I'll post a photo, but in the meantime, consult the drawing here: Hiking Bench Plan

Last night I applied my sail numbers. The rules are very specific about the measurements, which I think or hope were placed on correctly along the sail.
See here: http://lasersailing.ch/newpage/E-Teilzeichnungen/Laser-Sail-Nos.pdf

This is the first entry to record my path sailing a new Laser dinghy. I sailed them when I was young, but hadn't come back to them until I realized that there is simply no other boat on the market that competes with them. I bought mine at Fogh Marine - a trek to get it, but in the end it was worth it. Over the season, I'll try to learn & improve my sailing & my body. I'll try to keep up with new ideas and products to see how far I can go. Others have come before me, but I hope this blog may help others who are deciding about committing to the sport.