Laser 5000

{{Short description|1990s sailing dinghy}}

{{Infobox Sailboat Specifications

|name = Laser 5000

|image = Laser5000.jpg

|class_symbol =

|crew = 2 (double trapeze)

|loa = {{convert|5000|mm|ftin|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}

|lwl =

|beam = {{convert|3050|mm|ftin|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} (including wings)

|draft =

|displacement = {{convert|170|kg|abbr=on}}

|mastheight =

|mainsailandjib=

|mainsail = {{convert|15.3|m2|abbr=on}}

|jib = {{convert|5.8|m2|abbr=on}}

|spinnaker = {{convert|33|m2|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|d-pn = 77.9{{cite web|url=http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Tables/Centerboard_Classes-Inactive.htm |title=Centerboard Classes-Inactive |publisher=US Sailing |access-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816154359/http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Tables/Centerboard_Classes-Inactive.htm |archive-date=16 August 2012 }}

|rya-pn = 846{{cite web |url=http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/technical/Web%20Documents/py-general/2012%20listv3.xls |title=Portsmouth Number List 2012 |publisher=Royal Yachting Association |access-date=31 July 2012}}

|phrf =

|updated =

|olympic = no

}}

The Laser 5000 is a double-handed, dual trapeze skiff with an asymmetrical spinnaker . It derives its name from its length of 5 metres. Losing out to the Bethwaite-designed 49er for selection as an Olympic class for the 2000 Games, it was one of 11 designs that took part in the ISAF High Performance Olympic Dinghy Evaluation Event in 1996.Bethwaite, Frank. Higher Performance Sailing, Adlard Coles Nautical, London, 2008.

It was designed in the early 1990s by Phil Morrison. The design was informed by Morrison's earlier experimental Gemini design he had designed and built with Bill Twine and Nick Lightbody in Berwick, East Sussex in 1979. The class is strongest in the UK and Europe with over 200 boats built and a televised European circuit.{{cn|date=July 2021}}