RS Sailing RS Aero 5
Sailboat
13′ 1″
Monohull
Since 2014
Overview
- Builder
- RS Sailing
- Model
- RS Aero 5
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2014 on
- Designer
- RS Sailing & Jo Richards
- Hull material
- Fiberglass reinforced epoxy: Sandwich PVC fiberglass epoxy w
- Rig
- Cat boat Marconi
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 13′ 1″ (3.99 m)
- Beam
- 4′ 7″ (1.40 m)
- Displacement
- 106 lb (48 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- No engine
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 56 sq ft (5.2 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 40.0
- Capsize screening
- 3.87
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
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- Fiberglass reinforced epoxy: Sandwich PVC fiberglass epoxy with carbon fiber reinforcements
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Crew
- 1 (35 - 55kg)
- EC design category
- D
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Mast configuration
- Mast foot integrated on deck
- PY (Portsmouth Yardstick) rating
- 1040
- Rigging type
- Cat boat Marconi
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber spars
- Spreaders angle
- 0 °
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 7 250 € (2020)
- Standing rigging
- Free standing mast: no standing rigging
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Unsinkable
- No
- Version
- 5
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.