RS Sailing RS 500 S
Sailboat
14′ 2″
Monohull
Since 2006
Overview
- Builder
- RS Sailing
- Model
- RS 500 S
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2006 on
- Designer
- Phil Morrisson
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass p
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi fractional
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 14′ 2″ (4.32 m)
- Beam
- 5′ 2″ (1.58 m)
- Draft
- 3′ 8″ (1.12 m)
- Displacement
- 220 lb (100 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- No engine
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 113 sq ft (10.5 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 49.6
- Capsize screening
- 3.43
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 : pivoting centerboard
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 151 ft²
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass polyester
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Crew
- 2
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 32 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- PY (Portsmouth Yardstick) rating
- 972
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi fractional
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Sailboat collection
- ISAF
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 8 750 € (2020)
- Standing rigging
- Continuous
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Trapezes
- 1 set(s)
- Unsinkable
- No
- Version
- S
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.