I became attracted to the RG65 class after watching John Tushingham sail his at Doncaster and after several months thinking about it I decided that I would go ahead and build one. The features that made the class of boat attractive to me are: ● Small enough to be easily transportable but large enough to sail properly ● Lots of freedom to try different ideas ● Low construction costs. It should be possible to build a boat with RC and three rigs for less than £200 As with all classes there are problems, and the problems I foresaw are: ● The small size will maybe make it un-sailable in rough water and on windy days ● Nobody else has one so there will be no racing and it will be difficult to judge performance. The RulesThe class is a development class with few restrictions. The main governing rules are: ● The hull is 65cm long ● The mast head can be up to 110cm from the deck ● The sail area can be up to 2250cm2 and you are only allowed three rigs. Within these restrictions you can do pretty much as you want i.e. you can have: carbon hulls, carbon spars, swing rigs and deep fins. The complete rules can be found by following this link. http://www.rg65.com/portal/reglas.php?idioma=en |
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