Laser 5000

Laser 5000

Name	Laser 5000
Boat
Crew	2 (double trapeze)
Displacement	170 kg (370 lb)
Hull
LOA	5,000 mm (16 ft 5 in)
Beam	3,050 mm (10 ft 0 in) (including wings)
Sails
Mainsail area	15.3 m^2 (165 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area	5.8 m^2 (62 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	33 m^2 (355 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	77.9[1]
RYA PN	846[2]

The Laser 5000 is a double-handed, dual trapeze skiff with an asymmetrical spinnaker . It derives its name from its length of 5 metres. Losing out to the Bethwaite-designed 49er for selection as an Olympic class for the 2000 Games, it was one of 11 designs that took part in the ISAF High Performance Olympic Dinghy Evaluation Event in 1996.^[3]

It was designed in the early 1990s by Phil Morrison. The design was informed by Morrison's earlier experimental Gemini design he had designed and built with Bill Twine and Nick Lightbody in Berwick, East Sussex in 1979. The class is strongest in the UK and Europe with over 200 boats built and a televised European circuit.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Centerboard Classes-Inactive". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
2. "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
3. Bethwaite, Frank. Higher Performance Sailing, Adlard Coles Nautical, London, 2008.

External links

• Class Association Website
• National Racing Dinghy Archive. History of Laser 5000 development and design.