Quick: what’s the most successful, stable, one-design dinghy class in world history? Answer: the Laser, of course, now rolling past 200,000 boats worldwide. In fact, in celebration of this ...

The International Laser Class Association (ILCA) is pleased to announce the release of a completely new class-legal design for the Laser standard rig sail By ILCA September 16, 2015 ...

The novel spherical shell sail design is capable of “beam riding” without the need for active feedback control. Full three-dimensional ray-tracing simulations are performed to verify our analytical ...

New this year are camps for ages 14-17. This age group will learn to sail Laser sailboats. These 14-feet vessels are the next step for single-handed sailors who are too big or too old to sail the ...

But as soon as she finished, her Laser slipped away and began to drift off. It took just a few moments for another racer, Corbin Voorhees, 15, to make a decision.

She won her first Laser regatta – the Leiter Cup – racing in the ICLA 4.7 on the Bay in July 2019. “That was a turning point for me into competitive Laser sailing,” Thompson said.

Doodling on a yellow legal pad in 1969, Bruce Kirby, who has died aged 92, designed one of the most beloved sailing boats in history, a low-slung fibreglass dinghy that became known as the Laser.