Do I need a class legal sail?

You need to read the Notice of Race for the regatta or speak to an official at the Club about this issue.
'Officially' one cannot sail in a Laser regatta with an Intensity sail.
Unofficially...; well, we have gone over that numerous times on this Forum.
 
1. There's no such thing as a "non-ILCA" Laser regatta.
2. In the Optimist, you can use any sail that's measured. It's not a single supplier class.
 
Contact the yacht club and see if there is a Laser fleet captain you can speak with. You might get a feel as to how the sailors there feel about replica sails.
 
Agreed, The NOR will say if they're legal for the event, fleet captain is the person to ask, I've seen people use them in class regattas that specifically say they're not allowed and they didn't get protested, if you won that might be a different story though I wouldn't protest you because it's not a performance advantage, if you came to the Laser regatta with a Rooster 8.1 ok well then you'd get protested!
 

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