| RS Quest | |
| Insignia: | File:RS Quest sail badge.png |
| Image Boat: | File:RS Quest sailboat 8311.jpg |
| Designer: | Jo Richards |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Builder: | RS Sailing |
| Draft: | 3.57feet with centreboard down |
| Displacement: | 3090NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | Comptec PE3 polyethylene |
| Loa: | 14.07feet |
| Beam: | 6feet |
| Keel Type: | centreboard |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 90square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 29square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 107square feet |
| Sailarea Gen: | 118square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 119square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 235square feet |
The RS Quest is a British sailboat that was designed by Jo Richards as a sail trainer and day sailer. It was first built in 2015.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design has been built by RS Sailing in the United Kingdom, since September 2015 and remains in production.[1] [2] [5] [6] [7]
The boat was designed for the British Sea Cadets to replace their existing fleet of older boats and also as a family day sailer.[2]
The RS Quest is a recreational sailing dinghy, with the hull built predominantly of rotomoulded Comptec PE3 polyethylene. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars and wire standing rigging. The hull has a nearly-plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung aluminum rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable glassfibre centreboard. It displaces 3090NaN0 and can carry 8050NaN0 of crew weight or four adults.[1] [2] [3]
The boat has a draft of 3.57feet with the centreboard extended. Retracting the centreboard allows operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[8]
The boat may be optionally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The maximum power is 3.350NaN0 and maximum motor weight is 330NaN0.[8]
Optional equipment includes a polyethylene foredeck, trapeze, an outboard motor mount, a launching dolly and a boat trailer for ground transport.[2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a optional symmetrical spinnaker of 107square feet or an asymmetrical spinnaker of 118square feet.[1] [2]
The boat's hull is 100% recyclable and the box it is shipped in is 100% recyclable material, made from 100% managed woodland materials, with a high percentage of previously recycled material. The hull wrapping material is biologically-based, made from 51% sugar cane waste, officially classified in the UK as paper and is also 100% recyclable.[8]