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RS700

Racing dinghy

Summary

Racing dinghy

Field	Value
name	RS700
class_image	RS700logo.JPG
class_imagesize	100
crew	1
type	Monohull
design	One design
construction	Epoxy & GRP Foam Sandwich
rig	Carbon composite
keel	Daggerboard
trapeze	Yes
loa	15 ft
beam	6 ft (7 ft maximum beam with racks extended)
hull	123 lb (174 lb total sailing weight)
mainsail	137 sqft
spinnaker	166 sqft
rya-pn	847
phrf	73.3
year	2001
designer	Nick Peters & Alex Southon
updated	6 December 2016

|d-pn = |rya-pn = 847

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. It is raced in many sailing clubs around Britain, 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 can be raised and lowered. The RS700 has a trapeze, mainsail and an asymmetrical spinnaker, but no jib. 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. Peters has also said that the RS700 can easily keep speed with the RS800.

References

[http://www.dinghyracing.co.uk/Classes.asp Dinghy Classes]
[http://www.shadowsailing.org.uk/documents/TrapezeSinglehanderGroupTest.pdf Yachts & Yachting Group Test] {{webarchive. link. (2010-10-25)
"Portsmouth Number List 2016". Royal Yachting Association.
"Centerboard Classes". US Sailing.
[http://www.rssailing.com/fleets.asp?fleet=RS700&selection=Whos%20got%20one RS Sailing]
[http://www.superspars.com/classdetail/RS700.html Superspars] {{webarchive. link. (2008-12-03)
[http://www.cautionwater.com/dinghyclass.aspx?class=31 Caution Water]
[http://www.superspars.com/classdetail/RS700.html Living with the RS700] {{webarchive. link. (2008-12-03)

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