Laser Radial
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| Current Specifications | |
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 Laser Radial |
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 Class Symbol |
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| Crew | 1 |
| LOA | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
| LWL | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 1.39 m (4 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 0.787 m (2 ft 7.0 in) |
| Hull weight | 58.97 kg (130.0 lb) |
| Mainsail area | 5.76 m2 (62.0 sq ft) |
| Olympic Class | |
The Laser Radial is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser Standard, with shorter mast and reduced sail area, allowing light sailors to sail in heavy winds. The International Class is recognised by the International Sailing Federation
[edit] Background
The Laser Radial is generally sailed and raced by lighter weight sailors and is usually the choice of women Laser sailors. Men typically sail the Laser Standard which has a larger sail. The only difference between the Laser Standard and Laser Radial is the size of the sail and the length of the lower section of the mast. Everything else is the same and very tightly specified and controlled by the International Class Association to ensure competitive racing in identical boats. Lasers are single person dinghies. Most larger regattas for the Laser class will generally have separate races for the Laser Standard, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7.
The Laser Radial uses the same top section of the mast as the Laser Standard but uses a smaller bottom mast section. The sail itself is 62 square feet (5.8 m2), about 19% smaller than the full Laser Standard rig.
Although the one design Laser rig and hull was introduced in 1971, the Radial sail and mast was created in the 1980s. In 1988 the Laser Women's World Championship began using the Laser Radial. They are a good training aid to start learning to sail a Laser but the Laser Radial is a good racing boat in its own right and some sailors (generally women) progress to become professional Radial sailors.
The desired weight for sailing a Radial is 135-140 lbs.
[edit] World Championship Title's
An incomplete archive of the winners.
[edit] Men's Laser Radial World Champion
[edit] Men's Youth World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 2009, Karatsu |
 Keerati Bualong (THA) |
 Aleksander Arian (POL) |
Filip Kobielski (POL) |
 2010, Largs |
 Giovanni COCCOLUTO (ITA) |
Tadeusz KUBIAK (POL) |
Luca ANTOGNOLI (ITA) |
 2011, La Rochelle |
Giovanni COCCOLUTO (ITA) |
 Elliot HANSON (GBR) |
 Eliot MERCERON (FRA) |
[edit] Men's Youth Under 21 World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2011, La Rochelle |
 Juan Carlos PERDOMO (PUR) |
 Mitchell KENNEDY (AUS) |
Elliot HANSON (GBR) |
[edit] Men's Youth Under 17 World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2009, Karatsu |
 Philip DORAN (IRL) |
Oliver LOUGHEAD (IRL) |
 Nevin SNOW (USA) |
2011, La Rochelle |
Juan Carlos PERDOMO (PUR) |
Mark SPEARMAN (AUS) |
 Kaarle TAPPER (FIN) |
[edit] Boys Singlehander - ISAF Youth Sailing World Champion
[edit] Women's Laser Radial World Champion
[edit] Women's Youth Laser Radial World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2009, Karatsu |
Mathilde de Kerangat (FRA) |
Ashley Stoddart (AUS) |
 Michelle Broekhuizen (NED) |
2010, Largs |
Erika REINEKE (USA) |
 Manami DOI (JPN) |
Michelle Broekhuizen (NED) |
2011, La Rochelle |
Erika REINEKE (USA) |
 Oren JACOB (ISR) |
Sandy FAUTHOUX (FRA) |
[edit] Women's Youth (Under 21) Laser Radial World Champion
[edit] Women's Youth (Under 17) Laser Radial World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2009, Karatsu |
Ashley Stoddart (AUS) |
Alexandra SOUTH (AUS) |
Momoko TADA (FRA) |
2011, La Rochelle |
Maxime JONKER (NED) |
 Constanze STOLZ (GER) |
 Celine CARLSEN (DEN) |
[edit] Girls Singlehander - ISAF Youth Sailing World Champion=
[edit] Open Apprentice Masters Laser Radial World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2010 |
 Scott LEITH (NZL) |
Jean-Christophe LEYDET (FRA) |
Matthias BRUEHL (GER) |
[edit] Open Masters Laser Radial World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2010 |
Stephen COCKERILL (GBR) |
 Joao RAMOS (BRA) |
Hamish ATKINSON (NZL) |
[edit] Open Grand Masters Laser Radial World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2010 |
Lyndall PATTERSON (AUS) |
Alden SHATTUCK (USA) |
Bruce MARTINSON (USA) |
[edit] Open Great Grand Masters Laser Radial World Champion
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2010 |
Keith WILKINS (GBR) |
Peter SEIDENBERG (USA) |
Johan STAM (NED) |
[edit] Olympics
The Laser Radial was chosen for singlehanded women discipline at the Summer Olympic starting with the 2008 summer games regatta in Qingdao, China.
Full Results can be found here
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Laser Radial |
- International Laser Association
- Web site of a manufacturer, LaserPerformance
- History of the Laser Class
- ISAF Laser Radial Class
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