RS Vareo

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]

RS Vareo
Development
DesignerPhil Morrison
Year2001
Boat
Crew1
Hull
TypeMonohull
ConstructionPolyester GRP with Coremat
Hull weight155 lb (70 kg) (205 lb (93 kg) total sailing weight)
LOA14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Beam5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeDaggerboard
Rig
Rig typeComposite top and alloy lower mast
Sails
Mainsail areaFun sail - 85 sq ft (7.9 m2)
Competition sail - 94 sq ft (8.7 m2)
Spinnaker area107 sq ft (9.9 m2)
Racing
D-PN92.7
RYA PN1085

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