rs 500 sailboat

Sailboat specifications

• Last update: 15th March 2020

RS 500's main features

Rs 500's main dimensions, rs 500's rig and sails, rs 500's performances, rs 500's auxiliary engine, rs 500's accommodations and layout.

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Exciting, award-wining double-hander with trapeze and genneker – With popularity rapidly spreading and an awesome race and social scene, the RS500 is a fashionable favourite.

The infectious popularity of the R500 has lead to the creation of a huge European race circuit for the young and young at heart. The hull volume and controllable rig create a wide competitive weight range and fast, comfortable sailing – in a boat that is quick to rig and user friendly afloat. The brilliant combination of speed, handling and racing whilst being comparatively easy to sail makes it universally popular.

RS500 Features

Speed and handling.

• Light, stiff and easily driven – the RS500 delivers truly exciting performance with remarkably easy handling.
• Every element of the boat has been worked on to add performance, make the boat easier to sail, reduce complication and streamline production.
• The uncluttered and spacious cockpit is class leading in its comfort for adults and young sailors.
• Low transom design makes climbing aboard after capsize easy.
• Pivoting centreboard and rudder make launching and recovery safe and easy.
• ISAF Recognised Class – fast growing internationally.
• Full Class programme – with National programs and a World Championship every year
• Part of the renowned RS Class Association – the RS500 has racing, training and a superb social scene.
• Class Association – Class rules – Racing Circuit – Training programme
• Quick to rig – easy to own – fast and a blast
• The clear cockpit and user friendly performance mean the RS500 will be equally at home blasting along the beach as it is on the race track.
• The hull design, cockpit ergonomics and rig size result from extensive R & D and allow the RS500 to be ideal for sailors across a broad weight range so the RS500 suits both men and women. The whole family can enjoy a piece of the action.
• Two sail size and spec options allow you to gear the boat according to your size and experience.
• Additional trapeze lines for double trapeze excitement

Built to perform

• Light – stiff – strong
• GRP composite is essential to provide the stiffness to weight ratio to create the RS500s crisp, responsive feel and performance.
• No other material can produce the same results for a boat in this sector
• “The RS500 looks and feels like a winner. It is a statement about our undiminished passion to offer the best boat in each sector – truly The Sailor’s Choice”

The RS500 is available in a couple of setup options, please go to the official site www.rssailing.com to see the full range of options. We are here to help too, feel free to get in touch and we can help with pricing and details, please call +852 2827 5876 or use our contact page .

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• Light, stiff and easily driven – the RS500 delivers exciting performance with user-friendly handling
• Every element designed to add performance, make the boat easier to sail, reduce complication and streamline production
• Uncluttered and spacious cockpit is class leading in its comfort for adults and young sailors
• Self draining cockpit
• Pivoting centreboard and rudder make launching and recovery easy – shallow waters less risky

Exciting and built to perform

• Quick to rig – easy to own – competitive, fast and a blast
• The hull design, cockpit ergonomics and rig size result from extensive R & D allowing the RS500 to suit sailors across a broad weight range
• GRP composite hull construction with responsive feel and performance
• Light – stiff – strong

Rig Technology

• Rig design for power control and maximum crew weight range within a manageable size and loads
• Mylar XL spec mainsail and jib for light weight, low stretch, visibility and performance.
• Compression strut vang gives clear forward cockpit space for efficient, run through, crewing
• Asymmetric gennaker with double patch chute system

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RS500 is a 14 ′ 2 ″ / 4.3 m monohull sailboat designed by Phil Morrison and built by RS Sailing starting in 2007.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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RS Sailing was born from a passion to use the latest design and technology to create inspiring boats. Evolving from our heritage in flat-out racing classes, the RS Sailing range has grown to include boats for beginners, families, clubs and schools, developed using that same desire to move the game forward.

We’re proud that RS Sailing designs have built some of the most vibrant class communities, been chosen by leading organisations globally and that from our humble beginnings we’ve become the world’s largest small-sailboat brand. We hope you will love an RS as much as we do!

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The idea behind RS was born when a small group of sailors sat on a Cornish sea-wall and discussed the opportunity to move the game forward. It was driven forward by our passion use the latest in design and technology to make higher performance more viable for most of us – to inspire more sailors.

We just hoped that if we developed boats that we’d love to sail, then people like us would love them too. And that if we built exciting events and made a load of RS sailing friends then the other RS sailors would make new friends too. We honestly didn’t foresee what would happen.

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The Rs500 is a Skiff for beginners and advanced sailors from LDC Racing Sailboats. It is a dinghy that can be compared to the 420 or the 470 but with a more modern design.

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RS 500 presentation

A modern double-handed dinghy with asymmetric spinnaker and a trapeze. The RS500 is an easy, fast dinghy, a perfect learning boat for modern dinghies.

The RS500 has several rigs and versions. This makes the RS500 a very versatile boat that can be used by beginner crews as well as more experienced sailors looking to improve their skills.

Successor of the 420 and 470 this boat is very successful, second hand is rare and the boat remains expensive.

It may be criticised for a slight lack of robustness. So if you buy a boat that has been sailed a lot, you will have to be careful about the good maintenance of the boat.

The RS500 can be bought second hand for 4000€ or more, while the new price is over 10000€.

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