RS100 – EXCITING AND ATTAINABLE PERFORMANCE SINGLE HANDER

Hull

• Epoxy GRP composite sandwich construction for light weight, stiffness and a long competitive life.
• Easily driven with a reasonably fine bow and sufficient waterline width aft for stability
• Flared topsides give reserve buoyancy and the moulded-in wings add more
• Spray rails on the chines give excellent water release and a drier ride

Foils

• Pivoting centreboard and rudder chosen for user friendliness
• Launching and recovery are easy and serious damage risk from grounding is largely eliminated

Cockpit

• Most people think the RS100 is just about the most comfortable hiking boat they’ve ever sailed
• Mainsheet jammer well forward in the cockpit for smooth transition in light wind tacks and gybes, without digging the stern
• Vang and Cunningham controls are lead to the sides of the wings and the centreboard has a simple uphaul / downhaul system

Spars

• The carbon fibre mast is in two main parts for easy transport on a car roof or in a 20’ shipping container
• A removable bottom stump extends the mast length for the 10.2 m2 sail
• Shrouds, but no forestay, means the rig can work automatically upwind
• The shrouds stop the rig bending forwards under spinnaker loads downwind – important to keep the bow up and reduce nose diving without the need for a super-stiff mast which would be heavier and expensive
• A compression strut vang – easy to adjust and highly effective

Sails

• Three mainsail size options: 10.2m, 8.4m and 7.4m
• Asymmetric gennaker with big chute beneath the foredeck for quick hoists and drops
• The lack of a forestay and the mast well aft, mean that the spinnaker has a huge amount of space to blow through easily when gybing

RS100 Options + Accessories

• Top cover – breathable polycotton
• Under cover – Nylon
• Road trailer combi base
• Padded rudder bag
• Padded mast bag
• Carbon fibre tiller extension
• Burgee wind indicator
• TackTick Micro compass
• Race rope pack – tapered spinnaker halyard & sheets

Standard
Optional

	RS100	7.4	8.4	10.2
Designer	Paul Handley
Length	4.3m
Beam	1.83m
Hull Weight	52kg
Sailing weight	80kg
Mainsail 7.4m²	Radial Mylar cut with Dacron luff panel
Mainsail 8.4m²	Radial Mylar cut with Dacron luff panel
Mainsail 10.2m²	Radial Mylar cut with Dacron luff panel – Mast extension required
Asymmetric spinnaker	12.5m² Twin patch downhaul system
Hull construction	Epoxy GRP foam sandwich
Mast	Carbon composite – 2 part + removable bottom stump Rotating
Boom	Carbon composite Twin tube compression strut vang
Bowsprit	Carbon reinforced GRP composite
Centreboard - pivoting	Epoxy foam sandwich
Rudder - lifting	Epoxy foam sandwich
Rudder stock + tiller + extension	Aluminium alloy
Adjustable mast gate - rake controller	Adjustable by hand on the water
Centreboard up/down	Breathable polycotton
Padded toe straps	Led to both sides of cockpit
Carbon fibre foredeck	In lieu of std epoxy / glass
Continuous kicker and cunningham system	Led to both sides, tied together
Continuous control line takeaway	Takes up slack in continuous kicker and cunningham
Top cover	Breathable polycotton
Under cover
Launching trolley
Road trailer combi base
Padded rudder bag
Padded mast bag
Carbon fibre tiller extension
Burgee wind indicator
TackTick Micro compass	Excludes bracket
Race rope pack	Tapered spinnaker halyard & sheets