When you combine these attributes with a design from Richards, you can see why the Laser ... I pre-set the jib, hooked in, and brought the mainsheet with me out on the wire. The boat was a dream ...

A new swath of the middle class could afford a lake house and, apparently, were ready for an inexpensive sailboat to go with it. As intended, the Laser was cheap and easy to transport, rig ...

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 ...

The Laser is among the world's most popular sailboats, now numbering several hundred thousand in the world. Its Canuck creators can be forgiven for a little naval gazing, especially because when ...