RS Sailing RS Elite
Sailboat
24′ 4″
Monohull
Since 2004
Overview
- Builder
- RS Sailing
- Model
- RS Elite
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2004 on
- Designer
- Phil Morrisson
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass v
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi fractional
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 24′ 4″ (7.42 m)
- Waterline length
- 21′ 8″ (6.61 m)
- Beam
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Draft
- 3′ 7″ (1.09 m)
- Displacement
- 2,150 lb (975 kg)
- Ballast
- 1,378 lb (625 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- Outboard engine
- Power
- 4 hp
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 249 sq ft (23.1 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 23.9
- Displacement / length
- 94
- Ballast ratio
- 64%
- Capsize screening
- 1.73
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Keel : fin with bulb
- Ballast ratio
- 64 %
- Ballast type
- Lead
- Cockpit
- Center cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass vinylester
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Crew
- 3
- EC design category
- C
- Genoa area
- 79 ft²
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- PY (Portsmouth Yardstick) rating
- 938
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi fractional
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber mast and aluminum boom
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- Continuous
- Symmetric spinnaker area
- 269 ft²
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.