RS700

RS700

Class symbol
Development
Designer	Nick Peters & Alex Southon
Year	2001
Design	One design
Name	RS700
Boat
Crew	1
Trapeze	Yes
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Epoxy & GRP Foam Sandwich
Hull weight	123 lb (56 kg) (174 lb (79 kg) total sailing weight)
LOA	15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)
Beam	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) (7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) maximum beam with racks extended)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Daggerboard
Rig
Rig type	Carbon composite
Sails
Mainsail area	137 sq ft (12.7 m^2)
Spinnaker area	166 sq ft (15.4 m^2)
Racing
RYA PN	847
PHRF	73.3

The RS700 is a single-handed racing dinghy built by RS Sailing and designed in 2000 by Nick Peters and Alex Southon as part of the RS series and built in 2001.^[1] It is raced in many sailing clubs around Britain,^[2] with a PY number of 850^[3] and a D-PN of 73.3.^[4]

Performance and design

The RS700 is regarded by many professionals, including German Contender champion Christian Brandt,^[5] 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 can be raised and lowered.^[2] The RS700 has a trapeze, mainsail and an asymmetrical spinnaker, but no jib.^[6] The width of the wings on the RS700 are adjustable, meaning that the boat can be sailed by different sized sailors.^[7]

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. Peters has also said that the RS700 can easily keep speed with the RS800.^[8]

References

1. Dinghy Classes
2. Yachts & Yachting Group Test Archived 2010-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Portsmouth Number List 2016" (PDF). Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 6 Dec 2016.
4. "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
5. RS Sailing
6. Superspars Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
7. Caution Water
8. Living with the RS700 Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine

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
• ISAF Connect to Sailing - http://www.sailing.org

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
• Plachetnice RS700 - Asociace lodních tříd RS - moderní jachting a plachetnice RS v Čechách a na Slovensku
• Germany RS Class Association - http://www.rs-kv.de