Laser Pico

A Laser Pico

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The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid-1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing. It can be crewed by one or two children or an adult. Current models come equipped with both a mainsail and a jib, the jib however mainly functions as a training tool and provides little to no contribution to speed. The Pico functions mainly as a training boat for younger children because of its very durable nature and has little to no racing events dedicated to it.

The hull is of thermoplastic sandwich construction, providing strength, stiffness, and built-in buoyancy. The cockpit is self-draining. The boat comes equipped with an aluminium two-piece mast, an aluminium boom, and a lifting rudder. A sport version is available which includes a battened Mylar sail and upgraded running rigging. The Portsmouth Yardstick handicap system does not differentiate the sport version, or appear in the Limited Data list.

Laser Performance, the manufacturer of the Pico, has sold over 15,000 of these boats.^[1]

The first UK National championships were held on 27–29 May 2006 at Gurnard Sailing Club on the Isle of Wight, the Pico's spiritual home.

The Laser Pico has no active Class Association with the last remnants of the website being removed in 2013.

Specifications[]

• Length: 3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
• Beam: 1.43 m (4 ft 8 in)
• Hull weight: 60 kg (130 lb)
• Mainsail: 5.1 m² (55 sq ft)
• Sport mainsail: 6.44 m² (69.3 sq ft)
• Jib: 1.57 m² (16.9 sq ft)
• RYA Portsmouth Yardstick: 1330
• D-PN: 104.6^[2]

^[3]==References==

External links[]

• Laser Pico
• Class Association

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