Laser Radial

This article is about the Laser Radial. For the general Laser history and more information, see Laser (dinghy).

Laser Radial
Current specifications
Class symbol
Laser Radial
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)
D-PN	96.7^[1]
RYA PN	1110^[2]
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.

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	Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (LTU)	Xu Lijia (CHN)
2012 London	Xu Lijia (CHN)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)

Men's Laser Radial World Championship

Further information: Men's Laser Radial World Championships

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)

Women's Laser Radial World Championship

Further information: Women's Laser Radial World Championships

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 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)

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

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Classes of the International Sailing Federation

Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17

ISAF centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8

ISAF keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying 15 Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Micro Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Yngling

ISAF yacht classes	Class40 Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 International Maxi Association Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41

ISAF multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra Infusion SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16

ISAF windsurfer classes	Formula Experience Formula Windsurfing Funboard Kona Mistral Raceboard RS:One Speed Windsurfing Techno 293

ISAF kiteboarding classes	International Kiteboarding Association

International Radio Sailing Association classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre

Former ISAF classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Aloha Buzz C-Class Division I Division II Division III Elliott 6m Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mistral Junior Mumm 36 Nacra F18 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

Boats marketed by LaserPerformance

One-person dinghies	Laser 4.7 Laser Bug Laser Funboat Laser Pico Laser Radial Laser Standard Laser Vago Sunfish Vapor Optimist

Two-person dinghies	Club 420 Bahia Laser Vago

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)

Olympic sailing classes

Current classes	470 49er 49erFX Finn Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17 RS:X

Former classes	10 Metre 12' Dinghy 12 Metre 12m² Sharpie 15 Metre 18' Dinghy 30m² Skerry cruiser 40m² Skerry cruiser 5.5 Metre 6 Metre 6.5 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 8.5 Metre 9 Metre Division II Dragon Elliott 6m Europe Firefly Flying Dutchman French National Monotype 1924 Lechner A-390 Mistral One Design O-Jolle Snowbird Soling Star Swallow Tempest Ton classes (0–½, ½–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–10, 10–20, 20⁺ & Open) Tornado Windglider Yngling

Sailing dinghy, Sharpie and Skiff classes

Dinghies under 10 ft	Frog Cape Cod Frosty El Toro Fatty Knees Fly Holdfast Trainer Manly Junior Minto Naples Sabot O'pen BIC Optimist P Class Pelican Puddle Duck Racer Sabot Starling Tadpole Topper Topaz Taz Turnabout Zoom 8

Dinghies under 15 ft	10ft Skiff 12 foot dinghy 125 ("One-twenty-five") 12ft Skiff 13ft skiff 29er 29erXX skiff 2000 3000 405 ("Four-oh-five") 420 Access Liberty Adventuress ASC Astus 14.1 Australian Sharpie B14 Banshee Beetle Cat Beneteau Wizz Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Blaze Blue Jay Bonito Bosun British Moth Butterfly Buzz Byte Cadet Cherokee Cherub C-Lark CL 14 Comet Coypu Dabchick Daring Dart Enterprise Escape Europe Envy Extra Farr 3.7 Finn Firefly Flying Ant Flying Eleven Flying Junior Force 5 GP14 Graduate Gull Heron Idle-along IDRA14 International Twelve International 14 Javelin (NZ) Javelin (US) Jet 14 Jollyboat (NZ) Lark Laser Standard Laser 2 Laser 3000 Laser 4.7 Laser 5000 Laser Funboat Laser Pico Laser Radial Laser Vago Laser Vortex Lido 14 Marlin Merlin Rocket MG14 Miracle Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff National 12 NS14 OK Dinghy O'pen BIC Otter Pacer Pegasus Penguin Phantom RS Feva RS Q'Ba RS Tera RS Vareo RS100 RS200 RS300 RS400 RS500 RS600 RS700 RS800 Sabre Scorpion Snark Snowbird (sailboat) Solo Spiral Splash Streaker Sunburst Sunfish Tinker Star Traveller Tinker Traveller Tasar Topper Topper Topaz Topper Topaz Magno Topper Topaz Vibe Topper Topaz Xenon Twinkles 10 & 12 Vagabond Vaurien Wanderer Weta Woodpussy Zeddie Zephyr

Dinghies under 20 ft	16ft Skiff 18 foot dinghy 18ft Skiff 470 49er 505 Albacore Beaufort Invitation Buccaneer CL 16 Comet Contender Corsair Day Sailer Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Scot French National Monotype 1924 Hornet Interlake International Canoe Jacksnipe Javelin (Europe) Jersey Skiff Jollyboat (UK) Jolly Boat JY15 Laser 4000 Laser Bahia Laser Stratos Lelievlet Lightning M 16 Mirror 16 Mutineer 15 O-Jolle Osprey Payne-Mortlock sailing canoe Pirate Precision 15 RS K6 RS Vision RS700 RS800 Salcombe Yawl Sea Bright Sea Scout Standard Boat (BP18) Snipe Spanker Texas Tornado 12m² Sharpie Thistle Topper Topaz Omega Vanguard 15 Wayfarer Windmill Windy Winkle Brig X boat Y flyer

Dinghies 20 ft or over	Highlander M 20 Norfolk Punt

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