Comments on: Spiders Can’t Climb Stairs https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/spiders-cant-climb-stairs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spiders-cant-climb-stairs Sail Faster, Quicker Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tillerman https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/spiders-cant-climb-stairs/#comment-729 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:20:39 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=6603#comment-729 Brilliant post!

Personally I am very lazy about boat maintenance. i try to convince myself that my dirty scratched bottom and my dinged up board don’t really matter all that much at my level of ability. But then maybe that’s why I have my (currently mediocre) level of ability?

]]> By: damian.admin https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/spiders-cant-climb-stairs/#comment-728 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:05:57 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=6603#comment-728 I’ve heard that rudders can be harder to fix, KR. I suspect they don’t have quite the same impact on boat-speed as daggerboards – well, in a Laser anyway. The daggerboard is very large in the Laser.

I like a clean bottom, too, Doc, but I don’t worry about it like I used to. Maybe I should?

I should specify that I’m still talking about my Laser – my actual bottom is the very definition of cleanliness.

‘Tis true, though. Set up the boat to be fast, and then try not to slow it down too much…

]]> By: Doc Häagen-Dazs https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/spiders-cant-climb-stairs/#comment-727 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:32:30 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=6603#comment-727 Keelies need to sail withthe cleanest of bottoms. I need to have the expectancy of an edge and then to remember to just get out of my boat’s way to sail fast!

]]> By: Keep Reaching https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/spiders-cant-climb-stairs/#comment-726 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:31:26 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=6603#comment-726 What is tougher is to fix the rudder – there is not as much of an inner structure to attach fiberglass matting to and things like pins, like in the video. I had a nick out of the corner of mine and tried unsuccessfully to fix it a couple of times but the repair just fell off at the slightest bump. So, the only solution was a new one. Unfortunately, even with the new one, I do not seem to go any faster.

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