Laser Radial

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 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

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Women's World Championship

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Male Youth World Championship

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File:Flag of France.svg 2011, La Rochelle	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Female Youth Laser Radial World Championship

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See also

• Laser (dinghy)
• Laser 4.7
• Class - Men's Laser Radial World Championships
• Class - Women's Laser Radial World Championships
• Class - ILCA Masters World Championships
• World Sailing - Youth Sailing World Championships

External links

• International Laser Association
• Web site of a manufacturer, LaserPerformance
• History of the Laser Class
• ISAF Laser Radial Class

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