Laser Radial
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 GBR ILCA 6 dinghy racing in Waymouth Bay at the 2024 ILCA nationals | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Design | One-Design |
| Role | Olympic racing class |
| 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) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 5.76 m2 (62.0 sq ft) |
| Rating | |
| D-PN | 96.7 |
| RYA PN | 1154 |
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and World sailing approved manufactures. 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. It raced by women, U18 men and by male masters. The International Class is recognised by World Sailing. The class is referred to as the "Radial" due to the Radial technique used to create the sail with the panels stemming from the clew (far bottom corner) and reaching up the sail to the luff (the front edge). The boat is also often called the ILCA 6 due to Laser sailboats losing the rights to manufacture it after selling them to the class association.
Olympics
The Laser Radial was chosen for singlehanded women discipline at the Summer Olympic starting with the 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, China and is still being raced at the Olympics.
World championships
Class World Championships:
- Open Laser Radial World Championships No Longer Held
- Men's ILCA 6 World Championship
- Women's ILCA 6 World Championships
- Youth ILCA 6 World Championships
- ILCA Under 21 World Championships
- ILCA Masters World Championships
Other World Championships Using ILCA 6:
See also
References
- ↑ "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ "Portsmouth Number List 2025" (PDF). Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
External links
- International Laser Association
- Web site of a manufacturer, LaserPerformance
- History of the Laser Class
- ISAF Laser Radial Class
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