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RS 21

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder · First built 2018

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Designed by Richards, Whitehouse, RS Sailing & Jo Richards.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder

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The RS 21, on the water

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Footage from City Sailing

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.23 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 650 kg of hull, so roughly 1,250 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 650 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.
CoastalBluewater

At 2.60 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.60
EasygoingPowered-up

33.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 33.4
TenderStiff

51% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 51%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Lighter than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 603 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
50.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
33.4
Capsize screening
2.60
Hull
Hull type
Lifting keel w/bulb; trans. hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2018
Designer
Richards, Whitehouse, RS Sailing, Jo Richards
Builder
RS Sailing

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