Laser Standard Sail Numbers

Each one shall be a single solid colour and easy to read.

Laser standard sail numbers.

Standard mkii 300mm. All boats must comply with these rules for racing. Only self adhesive stick on sail numbers and letters may be used. The standard sized laser sail 76 square feet is the most common particularly on older boats and used with the standard lower mast section.

Laser 4 7 230mm. The laser standard mark ii sail is more durable due to its bi radial construction it is manufactured out of longer lasting 4 5 ounce dacron cloth with optimized sail patches and the new luff tube design is easier on the upper spars. Laser standard sail numbers set a complete set of laser standard sail numbers ready for implementation on your laser sail. Here is what size sail numbers and sail letters should be used on each type of sail.

The racing rules of sailing and the class rules specify the size and placing of sail numbers and letters. Where should sail numbers and letters be placed. Questions answers and tips for applying laser standard laser radial and laser 4 7 sail numbers and national letters. Laser radial 300mm.

Since lasers are registered by their hull number and not their rig swapping a boat between standard radial and 4 7 classes is a simple matter of swapping the rig including sails with a number that corresponds to the hull number. Laser standard sails are now only available in the new mark ii version which is a radial cut sail from both north sails and hyde sails and are ilca class approved for racing. This is the sail everyone has been waiting for. We quite often get the question asked about what sail numbers and sail letters should be used on the different sizes of sails.

Jean luc michon has put together some videos to help with placement of sail numbers and country letters for the laser standard and laser radial sails. Earlier boats were considered prototypes. The last four numbers on both sides of the sail.