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 GBR ILCA 6 dinghy racing in Waymouth Bay at the 2024 ILCA nationals | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Design | One-Design |
| Role | Olympic racing class |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 1 |
| Draft | 0.787 m (2 ft 7.0 in) |
| Hull | |
| Hull weight | 58.97 kg (130.0 lb) |
| LOA | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
| LWL | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 1.39 m (4 ft 7 in) |
| Rig | |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 5.76 m2 (62.0 sq ft) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 96.7[1] |
| RYA PN | 1154[2] |
TheLaser Radial orILCA 6 is a popularone-design class of smallsailing dinghy, originally built byLaser Performance andWorld sailing approved manufactures. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of theLaser Standard, with shorter mast and reduced sail area, allowing light sailors to sail in heavy winds. It raced by women, U18 men and by male masters. The International Class is recognised byWorld Sailing. The class is referred to as the "Radial" due to the Radial technique used to create the sail with the panels stemming from the clew (far bottom corner) and reaching up the sail to the luff (the front edge). The boat is also often called the ILCA 6 due to Laser sailboats losing the rights to manufacturer it after selling them to the class association.
The Laser Radial was chosen for singlehanded women discipline at theSummer Olympic starting with the2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, China and is still being raced at the Olympics.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 2009,Karatsu |  Keerati Bualong (THA) |  Aleksander Arian (POL) | Filip Kobielski (POL) |
.svg) 2010,Largs |  Giovanni Coccoluto (ITA) | Tadeusz Kubiak (POL) | Luca Antognoli (ITA) |
 2011,La Rochelle | Giovanni Coccoluto (ITA) |  Elliot Hanson (GBR) |  Eliot Merceron (FRA) |
 2022,Shoreacres | Mattia Cesana (ITA) |  Erik Norlén (SWE) |  Caleb Armit (NZL) |
 2023,Dziwnów | Mattia Cesana (ITA) |  Dima Karabadzhak (UKR) |  Hidde Schraffordt (NED) |
 2024,Mar del Plata | Antonio Pascali (ITA) |  Rem Pulci Magen (ISR) |  Jake Homberger (USA) |
2025,Los Angeles | Alessandro Cirinei (ITA) |  Josip Tafra (CRO) |  Joaquín Galván (ARG) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
2009,Karatsu | Mathilde de Kerangat (FRA) |  Ashley Stoddart (AUS) | Michelle Broekhuizen (NED) |
2010,Largs | Erika Reineke (USA) |  Manami Doi (JPN) | Michelle Broekhuizen (NED) |
2011,La Rochelle | Erika Reineke (USA) | Oren Jacob (ISR) | Sandy Fauthoux (FRA) |
2022,Shoreacres |  Eve McMahon (IRL) |  Linda Hensel (GER) | Tea Peteh (CRO) |
2023,Dziwnów | Emma Mattivi (ITA) | Ginevra Caracciolo (ITA) | Roos Wind (NED) |
2024,Mar del Plata | Maria Vittoria Arseni (ITA) | Sienna Wright (IRL) | Ginevra Caracciolo (ITA) |
2025,Los Angeles |  Hermionie Ghicas (GRE) | Alina Shapovalova (UKR) | Féline van Ede (NED) |
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