Laser Radial

	Class symbol
	Laser Radial
Development
Boat
Crew	1
Draft	0.787 m (2 ft 7.0 in)
Hull
Hull weight	58.97 kg (130.0 lb)
LOA	4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
LWL	3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Beam	1.39 m (4 ft 7 in)
Rig
Sails
Mainsail area	5.76 m2 (62.0 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	96.7
RYA PN	1110
Current Olympic equipment
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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.

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 60–65 kilograms (132–143 lb).

Events

An incomplete archive of the winners.

Olympics

The Laser Radial was chosen for singlehanded women discipline at the Summer Olympic starting with the 2008 summer games regatta in Qingdao, China.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008 Beijing details	Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (LTU)	Xu Lijia (CHN)
2012 London details	Xu Lijia (CHN)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)

Men's Laser Radial World Championship

Men's Youth World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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)

Men's Youth Under 21 World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011, La Rochelle	Juan Carlos PERDOMO (PUR)	Mitchell KENNEDY (AUS)	Elliot HANSON (GBR)

Men's Youth Under 17 World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009, Karatsu	Philip DORAN (IRL)	Oliver LOUGHEAD (IRL)	Nevin SNOW (USA)
2011, La Rochelle	Juan Carlos PERDOMO (PUR)	Mark SPEARMAN (AUS)	Kaarle TAPPER (FIN)

Boys Singlehander - ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship

Women's Laser Radial World Championship

Women's Youth Laser Radial World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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)

Women's Youth (Under 21) Laser Radial World Championship

Women's Youth (Under 17) Laser Radial World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009, Karatsu	Ashley Stoddart (AUS)	Alexandra SOUTH (AUS)	Momoko TADA (FRA)
2011, La Rochelle	Maxime JONKER (NED)	Constanze STOLZ (GER)	Celine CARLSEN (DEN)

Girls Singlehander - ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship

Open Apprentice Masters Laser Radial World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	Scott LEITH (NZL)	Jean-Christophe LEYDET (FRA)	Matthias BRUEHL (GER)

Open Masters Laser Radial World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	Stephen COCKERILL (GBR)	Joao RAMOS (BRA)	Hamish ATKINSON (NZL)

Open Grand Masters Laser Radial World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	Lyndall PATTERSON (AUS)	Alden SHATTUCK (USA)	Bruce MARTINSON (USA)

Open Great Grand Masters Laser Radial World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	Keith WILKINS (GBR)	Peter SEIDENBERG (USA)	Johan STAM (NED)

References

^ "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

External links

[UScb-1] "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[RYA2012-2] "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

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World Sailing kiteboarding classes	IKA Open Formula Kite IKA Twin Top Racing IKA Twin Top Freestyle IKA Twin Top Kitefoil
IRSA remote-control classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre
Former World Sailing classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Aloha Buzz C-Class Division I Division II Division III Elliott 6m Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser 2 Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mistral Junior Mumm 36 Nacra F18 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

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Multihulls	Dart 16
Keelboats	Laser Stratos Keel
Discontinued models	Dart 15 Dart 20 Stampede Dart 6000 Dart Hawk (F18) Laser 2 Laser 13 Laser 16 Laser 28 Laser 4000 Laser 5000 Laser EPS Laser Stratos (Centreboard) Laser Vortex
No longer associated with Laser	Dart 18 Laser SB3 (SB20) Laser 2000 Laser 3000 (V3000)

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Current classes	470 49er 49erFX Finn Formula Kite IQFoil Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17
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Youth classes	Nacra 15 Techno 293
Former youth classes	Byte