RS Sailing RS 700
Sailboat
15′ 5″
Monohull
Since 2002
Overview
- Builder
- RS Sailing
- Model
- RS 700
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2002 on
- Designer
- Nick Peters & Alex Southon
- Hull material
- Fiberglass reinforced epoxy: Sandwich PVC fiberglass epoxy
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 15′ 5″ (4.70 m)
- Beam
- 7′ 4″ (2.23 m)
- Displacement
- 174 lb (79 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- No engine
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 138 sq ft (12.8 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 70.8
- Capsize screening
- 5.25
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Centerboard : daggerboard
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 172 ft²
- Cockpit
- Aft cockpit with racks
- Construction
- Fiberglass reinforced epoxy: Sandwich PVC fiberglass epoxy
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Crew
- 1
- D-PN rating
- 73.3
- EC design category
- C
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Mast configuration
- Mast foot integrated on deck
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- PY (Portsmouth Yardstick) rating
- 850
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 13 500 € (2020)
- Standing rigging
- Continuous
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Trapezes
- 1 set(s)
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.