Laser
A single-handed dinghy that became the world’s most widespread racing boat and an Olympic class.
Bruce Kirby is said to have sketched the boat during a telephone call with Ian Bruce in 1969. More than two hundred thousand have been built, and it has been Olympic since 1996.
Materials: Fibreglass; cat-rigged dinghy
Manufacture: Built in many countries to the same rules.
The single sail with a starburst logo.
The smooth, low hull.