I’ve sailed many boats, both casually and competitively, big and small, but the Laser is the only boat I’ve always considered to be “my other boat.” Over the past four decades, it’s been my one ...

Doodling on a yellow legal pad in 1969, Bruce Kirby designed one of the most beloved sailboats in history, a low-slung fiberglass dinghy that became known as the Laser. Light enough to be fastened to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On a slate-gray day in September, 89-year-old Bruce Kirby leans ...

On choppy water under sunny skies, the last day of competition in the Olympic one-person dinghy (men's Laser, women's Laser Radial) events provided plenty of drama. In the men's event, Australia’s ...

Worldwide birthday celebrations for a little boat with a big following kicked off on a wet and wild Sydney Harbour with plenty of partygoers - and capsizes. Great photos But on Sunday it was the ...

Last year we dispatched longtime SW contributor Dave Powlison– who (with legend Dick Tillman) literally wrote the book on Laser sailing back in 1983, The New Laser Sailing– to the Laser Training ...

A Team GB athlete says it was a ‘no-brainer’ to give the British public the chance to own a piece of the Olympics for a tenner. Sailor Micky Beckett, who competed at Paris 2024, is raffling off the £8 ...

BADDECK — Some of the best laser boat sailors in Atlantic Canada will take to the water this weekend in Cape Breton with Grand Prix points on the line. For the first time in close to 40 years, the ...

When you are sailing at the elite level in a one-design class of boat such as Laser dinghies, finding that extra edge over the competition is hard. Not only do you need to be supremely fit and agile, ...