Andy Rice | February 25, 2007
A Laser dinghy for fatties?
Does the Rooster 8.1 have a future as the Laser for the ‘larger sailor’? Clearly Laser champion Steve Cockerill thinks so, because his company Rooster Sailing has just finished developing a new souped-up rig for the standard Laser dinghy. Taking the basic Laser, Cockerill has added a taller lower mast section which, combined with the existing top section, supports a Dacron/Mylar radial-cut sail measuring 8.1 square metres. This compares with the 7.06 square metres of a standard Laser rig, and Cockerill is pitching the Rooster 8.1 at sailors weighing around 90kg, as opposed to the 80kg or thereabouts for the standard rig.
Cockerill appears to have put a lot of thought into the design of the bigger sail, and it should last a good deal longer than the lo-tech and overpriced sail that comes with… Read the rest






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