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Thanks

Very cool. Thanks for this. Please learn to do a split screen on video - the back and forth is terrible.

You guys are still fabulous!!

Very nice! There are lots of Lasers around for not much money, so a good boat to pick up and do something like this with. Good job!

Very cool. Looking forward to more on this.

Awesome video Mark!!!!

It has been decades, but I'm going to say Puertecillo, Chile.

Full wetties? So not Central America. Looks fun anyway. Livin the dream!

Sailboat Racing is alive and well in Hawaii. Beautiful tribute to our sailing friends on Maui and LYC in particular.

Oh man, Mark, you really got me here... Eau De Vie 2, Chuck, Lahaina will Return, Chuck, Gary, Don, Loco, Seamus, Rich... I miss you guys a ton... I'll be back... LMK if you want to do the last Baja Haha...

Look at the Brothers Denzer gooooh!!!!!!!!!!,looks like a comfortable ride

Thank you again for the opportunity brother!!

It's gone with all the rest. Also , this doesn't look like drain pipe that was in Kalapana.

Mahalo’s mahvelous Denzah’s! …and the mighty Kowabunga!

Beautifully done! Love the mele!

Killller

Sweeet!

Beautifully done... boy I miss those waters!

Wow I really miss this boat! Love your videos Mark, I hope to see you soon! -Your friend from Canada

This still their?

how did you modify the planner?

Awesome. It was 28 degrees below zero in Wisconsin yesterday.

No PPE probably immue it all

I am the new owner of Prima Donna, she doesn’t look as good as in this video anymore.

Awesome!

Beer in one and sheet in another. Used to do this back in '00 on Gerontius. Glad to see its still happening.

I used to sail on gerontius and high roller on friday nights back in '00. good times.

Another outstanding cruise on Kaimiloa. Great video production Mark!

Memories for a lifetime... fantastic...

awesomeness achieved!

AND A BIG GIANT THANK YOU to Nawilwili Yacht Club......the best race hosts ever. See you again next year.

Well done! Pretty cool mods. The furling, the coaming, the custom tiller extension. How about a hiking rack that shifted to the side you need it? Too bad about the hat.

Hey Mark...Loved it. Brought back good memories of sailing White Bird, now Caravella, around Hawaii...... Yankee 26???

that's really ingenious. how did you make it and where did you get the parts?

So, I know the Laser baler is a little slow sometime but it should pull water our pretty well going downwind. Interesting additions. The sail looks interesting. Is that an APS modified sail?

Watch the other videos before you make up your mind about hiking out. No modern dinghy is made to hike out. It sucks. My next version will solve that forever. I hike in regattas, but in the ocean, too painful.

Haha, well said!!

Not really. Later, Lance Miller here in Hawaii showed us a GPS with 18knots on it he did in flat water in town. It seems the Laser Full Rig has some natural limitations up in the high teens. My actual email now is: mdenzer AT Hawaii DOT rr.com.

Hey Mark, have you been contacted with any credible challenges to your '09 Laser speed record? I tried reaching you by email but it got kicked back. Thanks, Kyle

Thanks. It was a super fun ride.

Yeah, it can be pretty cumbersome in light air, downwind, etc. Check the other videos for some rougher weather so you can judge. A narrower rack would solve some of those problems and work in lighter air. This one is useful at over 18 knots. Very fun to reach with.

what happens when there are waves and the racks are digging in? surely you'd be capsizing all over the place. and in light winds or downwind, you couldnt put any roll into manouvers or neutralise the helm?!?

Sorry for the late response. The rack is great, but am struggling to make this work with the Laser. First the cockpit fills full of water in 2 seconds, so I made a spray deflector. When you dip the lee rack, on particular points of sail it is very awkward. Basically, on a reach, on flat water, in 22 knots, it is the funnest thing I ever did. Aloha, Mark

That is where you are dead wrong. I sail up to 50 miles at a time offshore and in tough weather. Being able to achieve righting arm at all times is critical to survival. And what about light people? Or injured people? Or older people? Almost every modern boat has hiking assists.

Check out a couple of the other vid's. I have had it out on a couple giant days. When you are on the rack power reaching, it is unbelievable. But there are other times it is very awkward, hard to position your body, hampers movement, constrains your driving. I am working on these, so keep an eye on my vids and I am sure a better version is coming. This is the fourth one.

Sweet! Have you had it out in a bigger breeze? How do the racks handle swells?

Good Point. You need strong, consistent wind. If you use a full rig, 10 knots upwind and the rack is working. Reaching with a full rig, you need 12-15 knots to use the rack. It is not designed to hike off of, just sit on it.

Good invention, but when you hikke too much on the rack, do you capsize ? a french standard sailor

That is great!! My first version was basically a 2x6 that hinged under the hiking strap. I went to the VJ site and they look amazing.