Laser Vago
 | |
| Boat | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 1–2 |
| Draft | 1.15 m |
| Hull | |
| Hull weight | 106 kg |
| LOA | 4.2 m |
| Beam | 1.56 m |
| Hull appendages | |
| 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: 1064 |
| Former class of World Sailing | |
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.
The rotomoulded hull is constructed from a polyethylene tri-skin foam sandwich and is designed for early planing.
The Vago is renowned for disappointing performance in high winds due to the cumbersome hull design and design issue of the cleat for the main sheet. As a result this boat is sailed mainly by less experienced crews than boats such as the Laser 3000.
The Vago derives its name from the Latin, vagoria, meaning cow. This is because of the vago's large and clumsy rig.
The Vago has since gone out of production due to plummeting sales and prices hitting rock bottom. Largely regarded as laser's gratest failure it was described by yacht and yachting magazine as ' a disgrace to dinghy sailors and an outright embarrassment'
Portsmouth Yardstick
Vago Portsmouth Yardsticks for 2012 are as follows:
- 1064 VAGO XD[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sail Sizes". Laser Performance. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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