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RS Vareo

RS Vareo

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The RS Vareo is a modern, single-handed sailing dinghy raced throughout the UK at both club and national level. The RS Vareo is a hiking singlehander with an asymmetric spinnaker.[1]

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Fleets have grown throughout the UK and a racing circuit has been developed by the RS Association with sponsored events & championships. The GUL RS Vareo National Championships saw a record fleet of 47 competing at Netley SC in July 2007.[2]

Performance and design

The RS Vareo has a PY of 1085, making it a little faster than the Laser dinghy in the RYA scheme.[3]

However its D-PN is slower than that of a Laser, at 92.7.[4] The boat is characterised in having good stability up and downwind, well-mannered handling and enough room in the cockpit to take a friend out when not racing. The addition of the spinnaker ensures the boat is far more exciting & exhilarating than a conventional monohull.

Without the complications of a trapeze, the handling characteristics allow a broad range of sailors get the most out of their time on the water; without the challenges and pitfalls of a faster asymmetric single hander.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Yachts & Yachting Archived 2011-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    UK RS Association
  3. [3]
    "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  5. [5]
    RS Sailing South Africa Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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