RS Vareo | |
Class Imagesize: | 120 |
Crew: | 1 |
Type: | Monohull |
Construction: | Polyester GRP with Coremat |
Rig: | Composite top and alloy lower mast |
Keel: | Daggerboard |
Loa: | 14feet |
Beam: | 5feet |
Hull: | 155lb (205lb total sailing weight) |
Mainsail: | Fun sail - 85square feet Competition sail - 94square feet |
Spinnaker: | 107square feet |
D-Pn: | 92.7 |
Rya-Pn: | 1085 |
Year: | 2001 |
Designer: | Phil Morrison |
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] 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]
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]