Overview

Learn how to get the most out of the Laser / ILCA, the world's most popular adult dinghy. The single manufacturer one-design (SMOD) Laser, launched just over 50 years ago, has now been renamed the ILCA and moved to multiple licensed builders. The leading book on Laser sailing since 1979, The Laser Book, has now changed its name to The ILCA Book and moved from a single to multiple authors. ILCA guru and multiple champion Jon Emmett has updated Tim Davison's seminal text to make it completely relevant to today's ILCA sailors. Targeted at the club sailor, this book covers the techniques and skills needed to succeed in ILCA sailing, for those starting out through to those striving to win a Club Championship. Whether you are a youngster moving into an ILCA 4 or 6, or a club sailor looking to improve your ILCA 7 results, the expert advice from the authors and contributions from Laser / ILCA gold medallists, world champions and their coaches will take your ILCA sailing to the next level. AUTHORS: Tim Davison has owned 20 Lasers over 40 years and medalled at World and European championships. Jon Emmett is a successful ILCA 6 sailor, representing the UK internationally for over 15 years. A professional coach and expert dinghy sailor, he is a multiple National, European and World champion. He coached Chinese Laser Radial sailing star Lijia Xu to a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. SELLING POINTS: . The Laser / ILCA is the most popular adult dinghy worldwide. . This book has been the best-selling book on the class for 45 years. . Described as “the best learning resource for the class” by ILCA 7 Olympic athlete Micky Beckett. 350 colour photographs, 50 diagrams

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“This book provides both the basics and so many of those details I spend my life looking for! This book tells you how. Jon Emmett has spent his life passionately involved in every level of the class. He has an unrivalled perspective on the class and what any sailor needs to know to improve. This latest ILCA Book provides excellent and up-to-date information that is valuable to any sailor … the best learning resource for the class.” (Micky Beckett, Team GBR ILCA 7 athlete, Paris 2024 Olympics)

"""This has been updated and re-booted many times and is now the classic ILCA / Laser book covering every aspect of sailing the boat."" (UK ILCA Association) ""This latest version brings it right up to date with the latest developments in the class using contributions from current top sailors in the fleet... Even though I've been in the class for almost ten years it contained some clever tips that I didn't know about."" (Gybe Magazine)"

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Tim Davison has owned 20 Lasers over 50 years and medalled at World and European championships. He is author of over 20 sailing books, with The Laser Book being his first and most successful, and the title that launched Fernhurst Books when first published in 1979. Jon Emmett is a successful ILCA 6 sailor, representing the UK internationally for over 15 years. A professional coach and expert dinghy sailor, he is a National, European and World champion, and has won the UK National Championships nine times (most recently in 2023)! He coached Chinese Laser Radial sailing star Lijia Xu to a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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