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The Laser 2 is a sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 170 lb (77 kg). The crew can make use of a single trapeze. [3] [4]
Laser (dinghy) The Laser is a class of single-handed, one-design sailing dinghies using a common hull design with three interchangeable rigs of different sail areas, appropriate to a given combination of wind strength and crew weight. Ian Bruce and Bruce Kirby designed the Laser in 1970 with an emphasis on simplicity and performance.
2000 (dinghy) The 2000 (formerly the Laser 2000) is a performance sailing dinghy designed by Phil Morrison and currently sold by RS Sailing. It combines a traditional GRP hull and foam sandwich deck moulding with a modern asymmetric rig including a furling jib, reefing mainsail and single line gennaker hoist system.
Laser 3000; Boat; Crew: 2: Hull; Hull weight: 79 kilograms (174 lb) LOA: 4.40 metres (14.4 ft) Beam: 1.46 metres (4.8 ft) Rig; Mast length: 6.02 metres (19.8 ft) (overall) Sails; Mainsail area: 8.60 square metres (92.6 sq ft) Jib/genoa area: 2.94 square metres (31.6 sq ft) Spinnaker area: 12.80 square metres (137.8 sq ft) Racing; D-PN: 83.3 ...
LaserPerformance manufactures many sailboats including: Laser, Sunfish, Bug, Laser Vago, Laser Bahia, Club FJ, Club 420, Z420, Vanguard 15, Dart 16, Funboat and Optimists. They are most well known for the Sunfish and The Laser – a single handed boat which is sailed in the Summer Olympic Games.
Vanguard Sailboats was founded in 1967 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA by Peter and Olaf Harken. The brothers started to gain attention after their sailing hardware was used on boats that won Olympic gold in 1968 , and after Vanguard supplied the Finn class for several countries in the 1976 Olympics .
The Laser Pico has no active Class Association with the last remnants of the website being removed in 2013. Specifications. Length: 3.50 m (11 ft 6 in) Beam: 1.43 m (4 ft 8 in) Hull weight: 60 kg (130 lb) Mainsail: 5.1 m 2 (55 sq ft) Sport mainsail: 6.44 m 2 (69.3 sq ft) Jib: 1.57 m 2 (16.9 sq ft) RYA Portsmouth Yardstick: 1330
Laser 28; Development; Designer: Bruce Farr: Location: Canada: Year: 1984: Builder(s) Performance Sailcraft: Name: Laser 28: Boat; Displacement: 3,950 lb (1,792 kg) Draft: 4.98 ft (1.52 m) Hull; Type: Monohull: Construction: Fibreglass, with a Termanto PVC foam hull and deck: LOA: 28.41 ft (8.66 m) LWL: 23.58 ft (7.19 m) Beam: 9.48 ft (2.89 m ...
SB20. The SB20 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. Marketed and distributed by Sportsboat World the boat was designed by Tony Castro and launched in 2002. The SB20 was originally called the Laser SB3, and was marketed and distributed by Laser Performance under license from the designer. This licence ended in 2012.
Vortex (sailboat) The Laser Vortex is a high performance sailing dinghy designed by Jo Richards and awarded the "Sailboat of the Year" title on its introduction in 2000. It is a tunnel hulled single hander that has a trapeze and an optional asymmetrical spinnaker. It is manufactured by White Formula UK Ltd under licence from a consortium headed ...