Laser 2
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Development | |
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Boat | |
Crew | 2 (single trapeze) |
Hull | |
Hull weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
LOA | 4,370 mm (14.34 ft) |
Beam | 1,420 mm (4.66 ft) |
Sails | |
Mainsail area | 8.90 m2 (95.8 sq ft) |
Jib/genoa area | 2.62 m2 (28.2 sq ft) |
Spinnaker area | 10.2 m2 (110 sq ft) |
Upwind sail area | 11.52 m2 (124.0 sq ft) |
Racing | |
D-PN | 92.8[1] |
RYA PN | 1035[2] |
The Laser 2 Regatta is a double-handed version of the popular Laser one-design class of small sailing dinghy. It is a quick, planing dinghy that differs from the Laser in that it has a jib, symmetric spinnaker and a single trapeze for the crew. It was designed by New Zealander Frank Bethwaite and was first launched as a product in Australia then North America in 1979 and in Europe in 1980. The hull is made of GRP (glass reinforced plastic). The rig is a Bermudian rig sloop with spinnaker. It is designed to be a mid to high performance racer. In Britain, its most common current use is at university class in British University Sailing Association (BUSA) events. A version known as the Laser Fun was available, the same hull but featuring a reefable mainsail and a roller furling jib, and with the option of an asymmetric spinnaker (Laser Fun New Wave). As a strict one-design boat the Laser 2 was not available for amateur construction. The class was recognised by World Sailing from early 1980s to 2020 and used as equipment for the Class World Championships and World Sailing own Youth Sailing World Championships. The class had extensive use in Europe and North America as a school and college boat and used for team racing without the spinnaker and trapeze. With more than 10500 boats built production was discontinued in 2007 following merger of Performance Sailcraft Europe and Vanguard Sailboats into a combined entity Laser Performance.
While the class became known as the Laser 2 "Regatta" the Laser 2 "Fun" was also launched using the same hull but with brightly coloured less performance oriented sails and a bowsprit kit for an asymmetric spinnaker. The hull design for the Laser 2 was later then married to a new deck and rig to produce the Laser 3000 in 1996, which following being dropped by Laser became known just as the 3000 Class.
World Championships
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1989 Kingston CAN |
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1991 Hayling GBR |
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1993 ITA |
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1995 Sarasota USA |
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1997 Cork IRL |
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1999 Cork CAN 89 Boats |
CAN 7038![]() ![]() |
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2001 Pweilheli (GBR) 92 Boats |
USA 9856![]() ![]() |
GBR 10495![]() ![]() |
GBR 10496![]() ![]() |
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2003 Hoom NED 70 Boats |
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2005 Kingston CAN |
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2007 GER |
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2009 |
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2011 Travemunder GER 21 Boats |
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2013 Lake Como ITA 16 Boats |
GER 6883![]() ![]() |
GER 6885![]() ![]() |
GER 10591![]() ![]() |
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Youth Sailing World Championships
Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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1993 - Male Lake Garda ITA Nations[11] |
![]() Zeevi Kalach Elad Ronen |
![]() Gustavo Doreste Dimas Wood |
![]() Simon Cooke Edward Smyth |
1993 - Female Lake Garda ITA Nations[12] |
![]() Storm Nuttal Sally Cuthbert |
![]() Melinda Henshaw Lisa Jack |
![]() Lindsay Staniforth Alison Matthews |
1994 - Male Marathon GRE 22 Nations[13] |
![]() David James PJ Buhler |
![]() Rodrigo Amado Leonardo Santos |
![]() Justin Steel Christian Stevens |
1994 - Female Marathon GRE 15 Nations[14] |
![]() Storm Nuttal Sally Cuthbert |
![]() Briohny Hooper Amanda Miller |
![]() Susie Wood Jennifer Cheyne |
1995 - Male Hamilton BER 21 Nations[15] |
![]() Nick Rogers Pom Green |
![]() David James PJ Buhler |
![]() Etienne Huter Pierre Huter |
1995 - Female Hamilton BER 13 Nations[16] |
![]() Jessie Cuthbert Sally Cuthbert |
![]() Barbara Snieders Wynkhe Bodewes |
![]() Claudia Tosi Frederica Meringolo |
1996 - Male Newport USA 22 Nations[17] |
![]() Mats Hellman Dirk Jan Lucas |
![]() Chris Draper Daniel Newman |
![]() Michael Bond Michael Bassett |
1996 - Female Newport USA 16 Nations[18] |
![]() Jessie Cuthbert Sally Cuthbert |
![]() Joanne Knight Linda Dickson |
![]() Laura Dillon Ciara Peelo |
References
- ^ "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Laser 2 Class World Championship Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31.
- ^ http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/10805/Laser-II-Worlds-2003
- ^ http://www.laser2.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/wm_2003_ergebnis.pdf
- ^ http://us.laser2sailing.org/stories/05Worlds/L2W.HTM
- ^ http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/137400/Laser-2-worlds-at-Warnemuender
- ^ http://www.wpnsa.org.uk/results/Laser2/laser2.htm
- ^ http://staging.tw-hosting.net/en/races/lists/index/viewlist/23.html
- ^ https://www.laser2sailing.org.uk/node/31
- ^ Laser 2 at World Sailing
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