Pretty typical bow situation here. Got the painter tied with a bowline and then I just run the tail to the cockpit. I always sail with a painter because I always seem to need it when launching and unlaunching. Also I dont tie off the bungee I just run it through to the daggerboard, and on the daggerboard I have clips that connect together.
If you notice my black primary line has carabiner hooks on each end of this line. I just leave this in my sail and snap it on for quick rigging de-rigging purposes. One thing I notice in this picture is that I need to tighten the rope holding my outhaul blocks. You can see it is a big angle from boom to workarea. One thing I keep trying to remember to buy is a quick release pin for the boom vang. It takes so long (1 minute) to take the ring ding out of the clevis pin and put it back in.
I saw this on Fred Schroth's website and so i bought a carabiner to try out placing the bungee close to the mast. I tried it and it didnt seem to help keep the bungee out of the work area. I think it is more to keep the boom vang clear of the bungee.
I like this timer, it works well for me. Just have to make a habit of getting close to the mast when they are about to fire a warning signal. I like the beeps it does to keep me in check with the time. One thing I haven't gotten use to is that with it on the mast this way it is hard to see the time on a reach because the mast pivots away. If I am in need i just quickly reach up and twist it so i can see it. This is the only drawback to this watch mounted on the mast.
You can see how I have the two blocks tied off at the gooseneck. It is important to keep the final block tied off close to the boom/mast.
Some people like a lot of play with the outhaul rope (shown here in blue), but really it doesnt matter. You can only get so much outhaul on. I gave about a foot and a half pretty much for no reason. To help release the outhaul for downwind sailing, I just grab the line the blocks are attached to at the gooseneck and it seems to work for me.
This is just a picture to show how the rest of the outhaul line goes to the back. Nothing special.
You can see here how my boom has holes drilled into the endcap. This was something we always did 12 years ago. The purpose of this is to allow the boom to drain water out helping you keep the boat flat around the weather mark. If you flip the boom drains quickly, and doent hold water.
I am very pleased with the placement of the tell-tails. Second panel up a foot apart along the seam. No rocket science here.
The wind indicator is great. Haven't had any problems with it yet. I had read some articles on the laser forumn about this particular one and them having problems but mine is perfect, straight out of the box.
This is my workarea. I tie off the vang to the daggerboard. It really helps this way so that the tail doesnt fall to leward in the water. If I need vang I just have to go to the center of the boat now. I cut all my ropes to match the loosest length I would ever have. Then just tied a handle using a bowline. Pretty simple.
I am going to replace my harken mainsheet block with one of those carbon ones because the harken is really easy to hit the clicker off button. What a poor design. Anyways, I am using an APS 4" hiking strap. Seems quite nice so far.
This picture is obsolete. I setup a sweet adjustable strap that holds and is easy to adjust. I will get a new pic on this soon.
One thing to notice here is that the bungee goes throught the cleat. I like this because before I would just place the bungee behind the cleat and hope it doesnt ride up to my traveler rope. This is a clean way to do this and actually when i sailed lasers 12 years ago we had the same configuration.
I just added the micro block to the end of the boom. Also I really like the clew tie down but it has been slipping when I go sailing. I also like the strap because it slides on the boom so much easier.
Update on the clew strap:
Been strapping it on really tight and it seems to keep it from slipping. But the problem now is the fact that it makes my outhaul adjust in one direction, tight not loose. I bought some McLube, I am going to keep playing with this till I get it right.
I still need to shoot an updated pic of the adjustable hiking strap, and the quick release pin for the vang tang is on order. For the Harken vang I had to buy one that is 1/4" X 1". Probablly could have bought one 3/4" long but oh well.
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