Laser Pico - Citizendia

The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid-1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing. It can be crewed by one or two children or an adult. Current models come equipped with both a mainsail and a jib, but the jib is so small that it is faster sailed single handed using only the mainsail. A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main (or only mast of a sailing vessel A jib (also spelled jibb) is a triangular Staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat

The hull is of thermoplastic sandwich construction, providing strength, stiffness, and built-in buoyancy. A hull is the body of a Ship or Boat. It is a central concept in floating vessels as it provides the Buoyancy that keeps the vessel from sinking A thermoplastic is a Plastic that Melts to a liquid when heated and freezes to a Brittle, very Glassy state when cooled sufficiently The cockpit is self-draining. The boat comes equipped with an aluminum two-piece mast, an aluminum boom, a daggerboard, and a lifting rudder. For the more racy type, the pico can have a battened race sail attached instead of the cruising main. This sail is made of mylar and is much tougher and more powerful than its cruising counterpart.

Laser has sold over 10,000 of these boats.

The first UK National championships were held on the 27th, 28th and 29th of May 2006 at Gurnard Sailing Club on the Isle of Wight, the Pico's spiritual home.

Dame Ellen Macarthur is quoted on the manufacturer's site as saying "It's simple, it's fun, and it's cool. " Laser Pico

Specifications

Length: 3. 50 m (11'6")
Beam: 1. 43 m
Hull weight: 60 kg
Mainsail: 5. 1 m²
Race mainsail: 6. 44 m²
Jib: 1. 09 m²

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Laser boats
Laser 2 \| Laser 4.7 \| Laser 4000 \| Laser Pico \| Laser Radial \| Laser SB3 \| Laser Standard \| Laser Vortex

The Laser 47 is a One-design dinghy class in the Laser series Features The Laser 4000 was designed in 1994 by yacht designer Phil Morrison. The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid-1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing The Laser Radial is a popular One-design class of small sailing dinghy built by Vanguard Sailboats. The Laser SB3 is a One-design class of Sailboat commonly used for racing The International Laser Class sailboat, also called Laser Standard and the Laser One is a popular One-design class of small sailing dinghy Designed by Jo Richards and awarded the "Sailboat of the Year" title on its introduction in 2000 the Laser Vortex is a high performance sailing

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