Laser Full Rig Optimum Weight

The difference doesn t just stop at sail area though.

Laser full rig optimum weight.

The laser 4 7 rig has a uk portsmouth yardstick number of 1200. In order for females to be able to sail it there s another rig you can use. Range but club sailors do well weighing in over 200 lbs. It was the first attempt at making a smaller.

It is ideal for learning to sail or for the lighter weight sailor graduating from optimist. A laser is an olympic class single handed boat. In how the rigs are used remember the laser has three total spar pieces. It s a laser radial.

The most apparent difference between a radial and full rig is the size. But the sail area on the full rig laser is so huge that you cannot successfully sail it if you weigh under 175lbs 175 being the minimum to sail this with any success. The optimal weight for this rig is 110 145 lb 50 65 kg thus becoming an ideal boat for young sailors moving from the optimist rs tera who are still too light for a normal laser. Full or standard rig used as the men s olympic class and designed for sailors 165 lbs 75 kg olympic sailors are in the 180 lbs.

The international laser association recommend s the 4 7 for crew weights between 35 to 55 kg. The hull weighs a mere 130lbs. From what i remember optimal weight for a radial is 160 lbs while optimal weight for a full rig is 190 lbs. A radial is 130 155lbs an the 4 7 is 105 125lbs.

The laser m rig is no longer in production. The target weight range for the full rig is very roughly 165 185 pounds.