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Laser 5000

1990s sailing dinghy

Field	Value
name	Laser 5000
image	Laser5000.jpg
crew	2 (double trapeze)
loa	5000 mm
beam	3050 mm (including wings)
displacement	170 kg
mainsail	15.3 m2
jib	5.8 m2
spinnaker	33 m2
d-pn	77.9
rya-pn	846
olympic	no

|d-pn = 77.9 |rya-pn = 846

The Laser 5000 is a double-handed, dual trapeze skiff with an asymmetrical spinnaker . It derives its name from its length of 5 metres. Losing out to the Bethwaite-designed 49er for selection as an Olympic class for the 2000 Games, it was one of 11 designs that took part in the ISAF High Performance Olympic Dinghy Evaluation Event in 1996.

It was designed in the early 1990s by Phil Morrison. The design was informed by Morrison's earlier experimental Gemini design he had designed and built with Bill Twine and Nick Lightbody in Berwick, East Sussex in 1979. The class is strongest in the UK and Europe with over 200 boats built and a televised European circuit.

References

"Centerboard Classes-Inactive". US Sailing.
"Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association.
Bethwaite, Frank. Higher Performance Sailing, [[Adlard Coles Nautical]], London, 2008.

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