Laser Full Rig Optimum Weight

You are not stuck with only one size rig for your laser hull.

Laser full rig optimum weight.

The international laser association recommend s the 4 7 for crew weights between 35 to 55 kg. 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 laser m rig is no longer in production. In how the rigs are used remember the laser has three total spar pieces.

The hull weighs a mere 130lbs. The most apparent difference between a radial and full rig is the size. A radial is 130 155lbs an the 4 7 is 105 125lbs. It is ideal for learning to sail or for the lighter weight sailor graduating from optimist.

From what i remember optimal weight for a radial is 160 lbs while optimal weight for a full rig is 190 lbs. The target weight range for the full rig is very roughly 165 185 pounds. The difference doesn t just stop at sail area though. The different sail sizes roughly correspond to the weight of the sailor but can also be used to compensate for different wind conditions.

A laser is an olympic class single handed boat. 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. In order for females to be able to sail it there s another rig you can use. The laser 4 7 rig has a uk portsmouth yardstick number of 1200.

It s a laser radial. Range but club sailors do well weighing in over 200 lbs.