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Top-ranked Laser sailor Andrew Campbell show us how to make the most out of the class's new rigging rules. "Boatspeed" from our April 2007 issue ...
Peter Seidenberg stands aside his ­meticulously kept Laser. Tufts of white hair, the only obvious hint of his 78 years of age, spill from his ball cap. He’s dressed in tight neoprene hiking ...
Mr. Kirby, whose original Laser sketch entered sailing lore as the “million-dollar doodle,” was 92 when he died July 19 at his home in Norwalk, Conn. The cause was congestive heart failure ...
Our monthly series presenting potential medal-winners at the London Games in six years' time turns to a young man of the sea - and learns how his mentor prepared for the greatest show on earth ...
The sport of sailing is said to be in perpetual decline, but Laser racing has persisted. The 2018 Laser Masters World Championships, held in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, had 302 entries from 25 countries.
Cyprus' Pavlos Kontides overtook world champion Tom Slingsby in the Laser class sailing competition Wednesday at the London Games.Kontides had two top-four finishes Wednesday to bump the ...
Former Durban sailor, Colin Dibb, will be returning to take on the SA Laser Nationals. Friday, December 29 2023 ... Home/Sport/Local sport/ Laser sailor to slice through the competition.
Durban - The ILCA/Laser Nationals sailing event will be hosted in Durban from August 10. The event organisers said that three days of highly competitive sailing would take place for the one class ...
On her borrowed boat, the 22-year-old kept up a steady performance in the 10-race opening series, following it up with a sixth place in the medal race to finish second in the Laser Radial class.
Doodling on a yellow legal pad in 1969, Bruce Kirby, who has died aged 92, designed one of the most beloved sailing boats in history, a low-slung fibreglass dinghy that became known as the Laser.
Call it a chess match on water. Competitive sailing isn't just a matter of who has the best equipment. Rarely, in fact, does that come into play _ barring something breaking. In most cases the ...