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.
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.
Performance and design
The RS Vareo has a
PY of 1085, making it a little faster than the
Laser
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dinghy in the
RYA
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scheme.
However its D-PN is slower than that of a Laser, at 92.7.
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.
RS Sailing South Africa
References
External links
RS Sailing (Global HQ)
ISAF Connect to Sailing
International RS Classes Association
UK RS Association
German RS Class Association
Plachetnice RS Vareo - Asociace lodních tříd RS - moderní jachting a plachetnice RS v Čechách a na Slovensku
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Dinghies
2000s sailboat type designs
Boats designed by Phil Morrison
Sailboat types built by RS Sailing