Laser Vago
A Laser Vago is a sailing dinghy designed by Jo Richards and manufactured by Laser Performance. The Vago can be sailed and raced by a crew of two or single-handed. The Standard (Std) rigged version sports a single trapeze, asymmetric gennaker, furling jib and reefable mainsail.
A more powerful sail plan can be added to upgrade to a Vago Race (XD) with a larger gennaker, a Mylar mainsail and trapeze lines.
Boat | |
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Crew | 1–2 |
Draft | 1.15 m |
Hull | |
Hull weight | 106 kg |
LOA | 4.2 m |
Beam | 1.56 m |
Rig | |
Mast length | 6.325 m |
Sails | |
Mainsail area | Std: 7.56 m2[1] XD: 9.32 m2 [1] |
Jib/genoa area | 2.78 m2[1] |
Spinnaker area | Std: 10.85 m2[1] XD: 13.07 m2[1] |
Racing | |
RYA PN | XD: 1074 |
Former class of World Sailing |
The rotomoulded hull is constructed from a polyethylene tri-skin foam sandwich and is designed for early planing.
The Vago is renowned for fantastic performance in high winds due to the lightweight hull design and the Mylar mainsail. As a result, this boat is sailed mainly by more experienced crews than boats such as the Laser 3000.
References
- "Sail Sizes". Laser Performance. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Portsmouth Number List 2017" (PDF). Royal Yachting Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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