The RS700 is a single-handed racing dinghy built by RS Racing 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 858 .

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

Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90°–180° off the bow. The spinnaker fills with wind and balloons out in front of the boat when it is deployed, called flying. It is constructed of...

 can be raised and lowered . The RS700 has a trapeze, mainsail

Mainsail

A mainsail is a sail located behind the main mast of a sailing vessel.On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast....

 and a asymmetric

Asymmetric

Something which is asymmetric displays asymmetry. Specific uses of the term may include:*Asymmetric relation for information on such relations in mathematics and set theory*Asymmetric warfare for information and theories of modern war...

 spinnaker

Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90°–180° off the bow. The spinnaker fills with wind and balloons out in front of the boat when it is deployed, called flying. It is constructed of...

, but no jib

Jib

A jib is a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bow, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast...

 . 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 to the RS600

RS600 (dinghy)

The RS600 is a sailing dinghy designed by Clive Everest and Nick Peters and supplied by RS Sailing. It is a single hander with trapeze and racks. It has a Portsmouth Yardstick of 920.-Performance and design:...

. Peters has also said that the RS700 can easily keep speed with the RS800

RS800

The RS800 is a light-weight sailing dinghy designed by Phil Morrison and manufactured by RS Sailing. The boat is sailed by 2 people both on trapeze and has a main, jib and spinnaker. The RS800 has a PY number of 822...

 .

External links

• RS Sailing (Global HQ) - http://www.rssailing.com
• RS Sailing Australia - http://www.rssailing.com.au
• RS Sailing France - http://www.rssailing.fr
• RS Sailing South Africa - http://www.rssailing.co.za
• Designer Nick Peters on the RS700

Class Associations

• International RS Classes Association (IRSCA) - http://irsca.rssailing.net
• UK RS Association - http://www.rs-association.com
• Germany RS Class Association - http://www.rs-kv.de

Sailing organisations

• ISAF
  International Sailing Federation
  The International Sailing Federation is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the world governing body for the sport of sailing....
  
   Connect to Sailing - http://www.sailing.org
• RYA
  Rya
  A rya is a traditional Scandinavian wool rug with a long pile of about 1 to 3 inches. They were made using a form of the Ghiordes knot to make the double-sided pile fabric. Though rya means "rug" in English, the original meaning in Sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile...
  
  - http://rya.org.uk