When they hung up, he brought it to his 7-foot drawing board and ... Kirby sailing his designs, and boat models known as half hulls mounted on plaques. The Laser gets pride of place.

The Laser is known as a boat that’s easy to sail badly ... The sailboat idea was ultimately dropped and the drawing remained in Bruce’s drawer for several months until One Design and Offshore ...

Jo Richards, a designer from England, who grew up with a penchant for sailing fast dinghies, likes drawing them now ... you can see why the Laser Vago XD is a boat that keeps the fun in sailing.

In 1969, Bruce Kirby, a former Montreal Star journalist now living in the United States, designed the dinghy with his friend ... it became the Laser after a student suggested the monicker was ...

Doodling on a yellow legal pad in 1969, Bruce Kirby designed one of the most beloved sailboats in history, a low-slung fiberglass dinghy that became known as the Laser. Light enough to be fastened ...