The RS700 is a single-handed racing dinghy built by

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and designed in 2000 by Nick Peters and Alex Southon as part of the RS series and built in 2001. It is raced in many sailing clubs around Britain,Yachts & Yachting Group Test
with a PY number of 850 and a D-PN of 73.3.

Performance and design

The RS700 is regarded by many professionals, including German Contender champion Christian Brandt, as the fastest and most user friendly skiff around, the magazine Yachts & Yachting has referred to it as being "simple but highly effective", the magazine also commented on the ease with which the

spinnaker A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind). Spinnakers are constructed of lightweight fabric, usually n ...

can be raised and lowered. The RS700 has a trapeze,

mainsail A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. * On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast. * On a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, it is the sail rigged aft of the main mast. The sail's foot ...

and an

asymmetrical spinnaker An asymmetrical spinnaker is a sail used when sailing downwind. Also known as an "asym", "aspin", or "A-sail" it can be described as a cross between a genoa jib and a spinnaker. It is asymmetric like a genoa, but, the asymmetrical spinnaker is not ...

, but no

jib A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jibs and spinnakers are the two main types of headsail ...

. The width of the wings on the RS700 are adjustable, meaning that the boat can be sailed by different sized sailors. Nick Peters, one of the designers has commented on the RS700 saying that, like all the previous dinghies in the RS series, it has a light hull and a huge sail area, but that it is conceptually very different from the

RS600 The RS600 is a sailing dinghy designed by Clive Everest and Nick Peters and supplied by RS Sailing. It is now built by the Boatyard at Beer. It is a single hander with trapeze and racks. It has a Portsmouth Yardstick of 916 and a D-PN of 76.2. Pe ...

. Peters has also said that the RS700 can easily keep speed with the

RS800 The RS800 is a light-weight sailing dinghy designed by Phil Morrison and manufactured by RS Sailing. The boat is sailed by two people both on trapeze and has a main, jib and spinnaker. The RS800 has a Portsmouth Yardstick The Portsmouth Yardst ...

.Living with the RS700

References

External links

* RS Sailing (Global HQ) - http://www.rssailing.com * RS Sailing Australia - http://www.rssailing.com.au * RS Sailing France - http://www.rssailing.fr * RS Sailing South Africa - http://www.rssailing.co.za *

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Class Associations

* International RS Classes Association (IRSCA) - http://irsca.rssailing.net * UK RS Association - http://www.rs-association.com * Czech RS700 Class Association with more than 30 boats - http://www.rs700.cz
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