RS Tera

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The RS Tera, on the water

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.37 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 39 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 39 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.Shoal draftDraws 0.12 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 4.07 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 4.07

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 32.0

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

Lighter than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 93 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The RS Tera, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Rs TERA is a 2.9-meter dinghy designed by Paul Handley and built by RS Sailing since 2010. It features an unstayed cat rig and a daggerboard hull, displacing 39 kg. The boat is designed for both sailing and rowing, with a Sport version and a Pro rig offering 4.8 m² of sail area. At the RS Tera Eastern Championships, competitors navigated strong cross-tides and adhered to specific mark-rounding rules, with one boat disqualified for a black flag start.watch

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cat (unstayed)

Ratios

SA / displacement

32.0

Capsize screening

4.07

Hull

Hull type

Dbrd. Dinghy

Production

Years built

First built 2010

Designer

Paul Handley

Builder

RS Sailing

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