“Designed to appeal to yacht clubs, sailing centers and even professional sailing leagues, the boat is both sturdy and easy to maintain, with a rock-solid infused hull, a lifting keel that can be raised with in internal crane and a carbon mast that is a piece of cake to step thanks to its pivoting heel. The boat is also easy on its crew, thanks to a voluminous cockpit that provides plenty of room for four sailors but is still easy to manage doublehanded. There’s even a nifty structure that encases a hidden retractable mount for an optional electric pod-drive. Best of all, the boat is an absolute blast to sail, thanks to its easily driven hull, powerful Mylar-laminate main, powerful rudder, an A-sail on a retractable sprit and chines coupled with a 50 percent ballast ratio. “ SAIL Magazine
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RS21 Specifications
Designer - Richards / Whitehouse / RS Sailing
Length - 6.34m (20'11")
Beam - 2.20m (7'3")
Draft - 1.38m (4'6")
Displacement - 650kg (1433lbs)
Hull construction - Eco-friendly composite
Keel - Lifting – with bulb
Rudder - Removable – composite
Mainsail area – Race - 16.2m²
Mainsail area – Club - 15.1m²
Jib area – Race - 7.7m²
Jib area – Club - 6.6m²
Gennaker area - 35m²
Spinnaker area - 30m²
Code zero area - 25m²
Mast - Two-part carbon composite
Shrouds & Forestay - Stainless steel wire
Halyards – Main, jib, gennaker - Dyneema/polyester
Boom - Aluminium alloy
Bowsprit - Carbon composite