LASERJOLLENS
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LASERJOLLENS
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The story of the Laser deserves to be told: it is a fascinating story of an ingenious boat born of chance. Here it is. In 1969, Bruce Kirby received a call from his friend, Montreal industrial designer Ian Bruce, to design a new sailboat. The amazing success story of the Laser, a thirteen-foot sailboat built by Ian Bruce of Pointe Claire, Qu�bec, and of Performance Sailcraft, the company he formed to produce and market it. Simply designed, durably built of fiberglass, it is a pleasure craft that has brought summer sailing within everyone's reach on coastal and inland waters around the world.
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□ Farewell to Laser Daddy. Good wind Bruce Kirby!
Fr�n
Donald Trasks nominator
(2016) US National Sailing Hall Of Fame Don l�rde sig att segla vid sju �rs �lder och forts�tter till denna dag, i 80-�rs�ldern. Hans framg�ngsrika karri�r i Starb�t, Laser och Snipe inkluderade att han vann Star North American Championships 1966 och placerade sig p� tredje plats bakom Paul Elvstrom och Lowell North i Star Worlds 1967. |
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Men de flesta som k�nner honom h�ller med om att hans st�rsta prestation har varit hans bidrag till v�r sport genom hans outtr�ttliga h�ngivenhet f�r ungdomssegling, opinions-bildning och fr�mjande av t�vlingssegling p� alla niv�er, med b�rjan med hans grundande av Performance Sailcraft Corp f�r att bygga 11 000 Laserjollar, 300 J24:or och 30 Starb�tar p� amerikanska v�stkusten. Genom detta p�verkade han otaliga ungdomar, av vilka ett stort antal fortsatte med att �stadkomma mycket inom v�r sport, inklusive flera v�rldsm�stare och olympier. Han �r en v�n till otaliga idrottare �ver hela v�rlden och det finns ingen hamn eller yachtklubb d�r han inte har v�nner och bekanta. Jag l�rde mig sj�lv, som hans bes�ttning, hur en h�rd konkurrensanda kan f�renas med kompromissl�s sportsmannaanda. V�r sport m�r mycket b�ttre tack vare Dons h�ngivenhet, passion och h�ngivenhet f�r segling och sina medseglare.
Star Class Regatta Report: 1972 US Olympic Trials Donald Trask var framg�ngsrik Starb�tseglare vid samma tid som han r�kade tr�ffa Ian Bruce, som tillsammans med Bruce Kirby hade konstruerat Laserjollen 1970, vilket Don ber�ttar om i videon h�r nedan. |
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Don Trask on the building of the first Laser Dinghies |
Introduction of Donald Trask |
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St. Francis
Yacht Club: Laser Masters Circuit
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Laser Class Zoom
meeting Panel |
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The Laser is the most popular sailboat in the world, including cohorts in the Masters Circuit, sailed by guys as old as 86 years old. How did Lasers become so popular and why are these geezers still racing them? StFYC member Don Trask built 11,000 Lasers, raced in this athletic fleet when he was in his 40s, and otherwise inspired success in the Class. The Masters divisions provide an age-based scoring system that enables 80 year olds to compete fairly with sailors decades younger. We will review the benefits of this thriving Masters circuit and how octogenarians can survive the coldest and wildest racing conditions in a wet, 14-foot-long dinghy. Lasers have been a part of the StFYC racing program for 50+ years. From Don Trask's shop to Junior Sailing to Olympics to Masters Racing, the class continues to have a high number of members racing under the StFYC Burgee. Panelists include Don Trask, Bill Kresyler, Jon Andron, Tracy Usher, Andrew Holdsworth, Ernie Rodriguez and Paige Railey. |
St. Francis Yacht Club annual Heavy Weather Slalom Regatta in
San Francisco (1975).
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Utdrag fr�n en l�ngre ber�ttelse
av Paul Cayard som reflekterar �ver hur hans introduktion till segling var
s� slumpm�ssig och s� r�tt (2022). Juniorprogrammet p� St Francis
leddes av Paxton (Packy) Davis och Don Trask. B�da �r fortfarande
med oss vid 90 �rs �lder idag. Dessa tv� enast�ende m�nniskor gav
enormt mycket av sig sj�lva f�r att odla en trupp som inkluderade
John Bertrand, John Kostecki, Craig Healy, Paul Cayard, Ken Keefe,
Steve Jeppesen, Zan Dredjes och Russ Silvestri. Vi bj�d in Jeff
Madrigali att h�nga med oss trots att han var fr�n en annan klubb.
Just two comments! Look at their sailing clothes. They have no neoprene or water tight on. Just a lot of sweaters that could carry more than 15 kg of water when wet. Also take a look at Hans' life west, which is designed by Paul, produced by Imak (now part of the Helly Hansen group). It was the very first life west designed for dinghy, and an enormous improvement from earlier west (which did turn you upside down, when you fell into the water). The Laser sailboat was designed by Canadians Bruce Kirby and Ian Bruce. Hans Fogh created the sail for this unique boat and for the Laser Radial version with a less powerful sail plan that made this high performance dinghy available to all levels of sailors. The Laser became an Olympic class boat in 1996. He was an innovator and a pioneer in the art of sail making. □ �We just wanted a nice little boat!� The story of the Laser □ Laser lines -the shape that launched 200,000 ships □ Crossing Tacks with the Great Dane The passing of Paul Elvstrom has opened the memories of those blessed to cross tacks with the Great Dane. Bruce Kirby, Canadian-born sailboat designer, racer and journalist, shares some of his treasures from the past�
Det var utmanande f�rh�llanden under LASER (ILCA)
VM som avgjordes i Adelaide i februari. Bo �sterberg ber�ttar
Laserjollens historia i Sverige
LASER � 6000 byggda p� 18 m�nader
Fler bilder fr�n MKS klubbkappseglingar p� onsdagkv�llar
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TILLBAKA till MKS-arkivet
