Ian Bruce, an accidental sailor, built the original Laser, which became one of the world's most popular racing sailboats. Mr. Bruce, who has died of cancer at 82, was an industrial designer who became ...

The International Laser Class Association issued a statement on April 25 announcing it would brand each new, class-approved boat as a “ILCA Dinghy.” The association’s action was another offensive in ...

Quick: what’s the most successful, stable, one-design dinghy class in world history? Answer: the Laser, of course, now rolling past 200,000 boats worldwide. In fact, in celebration of this milestone, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. Saskia Clark spends most of her working life hanging precariously on the end of a wire. The 32-year-old ...