The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular

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class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and

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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

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. 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 manufacturer 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

Men's World Championship

Women's World Championship

Male Youth World Championship

Female Youth Laser Radial World Championship

World Sailing - Youth Sailing World Championships

=Boys

=Girls

Masters Laser Radial World Championship

References

External links

International Laser Association

Web site of a manufacturer, LaserPerformance

History of the Laser Class

ISAF Laser Radial Class
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