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The Laser Vago is a British/
The boat was named ''Sailing World'' magazine's "Best One-Design Dinghy" for 2007.
In a 2007 review for ''Sailing World'', Chuck Allen wrote, "This boat is designed to be many things; singlehander, doublehander, fast trainer, and all-around fun, planing dinghy for whoever feels the need for speed in an inexpensive, durable design. Several key design features enable this 13'9" rocketship to get on a plane sooner than similar dinghies. The hard chine Richards designed into the hull combines with its rocker, which makes the boat handle like a dream during maneuvers. Its flared gunwales provide flotation and good righting moment. The XD version, which has 30 more square feet of sail area than the standard Vago, as well as a trapeze, is, quite simply, a ton of fun to sail ... Overall, sailing the boat is a great experience mostly because of the speed."
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sailing dinghy that was designed by Jo Richards as a one-design racer and first built in 2005.
Production
The design was built starting in 2005 byLaserPerformance
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in United Kingdom and in the United States, but by 2022 production had ended.
Design
The Laser Vago is a recreationalsailboat
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Types
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, with then hull built predominantly of rotational moulded polyethylene
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tri-skin foam sandwich. The hull has a sharply single chined design. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem
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Description
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, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder
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controlled by a tiller
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and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces .
The boat has a draft of with the daggerboard extended. With the daggerboard removed the boat can be beached or transported on a trailer or car roof rack.
There are "standard" and XD "race" models, with the latter model equipped with sails of larger area. The boat is rated as a skill level of intermediate to advanced.
For sailing the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker, flown from a retractable bowsprit and a single trapeze.
The design has a Royal Yacht Club Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 1074 and is normally raced with a crew of one or two sailor
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s. The optimal crew weight is .
Operational history
The boat was named ''Sailing World'' magazine's "Best One-Design Dinghy" for 2007.
In a 2007 review for ''Sailing World'', Chuck Allen wrote, "This boat is designed to be many things; singlehander, doublehander, fast trainer, and all-around fun, planing dinghy for whoever feels the need for speed in an inexpensive, durable design. Several key design features enable this 13'9" rocketship to get on a plane sooner than similar dinghies. The hard chine Richards designed into the hull combines with its rocker, which makes the boat handle like a dream during maneuvers. Its flared gunwales provide flotation and good righting moment. The XD version, which has 30 more square feet of sail area than the standard Vago, as well as a trapeze, is, quite simply, a ton of fun to sail ... Overall, sailing the boat is a great experience mostly because of the speed."
See also
* List of sailing boat typesReferences
External links
* {{Sailing dinghies and skiffs Dinghies 2000s sailboat type designs Two-person sailboats Sailboat type designs by Jo Richards Sailboat types built by LaserPerformance