RS Quest
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2022}}
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|designer = Jo Richards
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|location = United Kingdom
|year = 2015
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|builder = RS Sailing
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|draft = {{convert|3.57|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centreboard down
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|displacement = {{convert|309|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = Comptec PE3 polyethylene
|loa = {{convert|14.07|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|90|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|29|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The RS Quest is a British sailboat that was designed by Jo Richards as a sail trainer and day sailer. It was first built in 2015.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/rs-quest|title= RS Quest sailboat |access-date= 11 September 2022|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220910182615/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/rs-quest|archive-date= 10 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.rssailing.com/project/rs-quest/|title= RS Quest|access-date= 11 September 2022|author= RS Sailing|author-link= RS Sailing|work= rssailing.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220910182241/https://www.rssailing.com/project/rs-quest/|archive-date= 10 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/rs-sailing/rs-quest|title = RS Quest|access-date = 11 September 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220911173129/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/rs-sailing/rs-quest|archive-date= 11 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/richards-jo|title = Jo Richards|access-date = 11 September 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220727145523/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/richards-jo|archive-date= 27 July 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design has been built by RS Sailing in the United Kingdom, since September 2015 and remains in production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/rs-sailing|title= RS Sailing|access-date = 11 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220728121337/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/rs-sailing|archive-date= 28 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/rs-sailing|title = RS Sailing|access-date = 11 September 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220911173312/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/rs-sailing|archive-date= 11 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.cruisingworld.com/rs-quest/|title= RS Quest|access-date= 11 September 2022|work= Cruising World|date= 20 July 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220911173206/https://www.cruisingworld.com/rs-quest/|archive-date= 11 September 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The boat was designed for the British Sea Cadets to replace their existing fleet of older boats and also as a family day sailer.
The RS Quest is a recreational sailing dinghy, with the hull built predominantly of rotomoulded Comptec PE3 polyethylene. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars and wire standing rigging. The hull has a nearly-plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung aluminum rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable glassfibre centreboard. It displaces {{convert|309|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and can carry {{convert|805|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of crew weight or four adults.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.57|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centreboard extended. Retracting the centreboard allows operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.{{cite web|url= https://www.rssailing.com/wp-content/uploads/guides/RSOwnersManualMultiLanguage.pdf|title= Owner's Manual, Version 12|access-date= 11 September 2022|author= RS Sailing|author-link= RS Sailing|work= rssailing.com|date= July 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220610212523/https://www.rssailing.com/wp-content/uploads/guides/RSOwnersManualMultiLanguage.pdf|archive-date= 10 June 2022|url-status= live}}
The boat may be optionally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The maximum power is {{convert|3.35|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} and maximum motor weight is {{convert|33|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.
Optional equipment includes a polyethylene foredeck, trapeze, an outboard motor mount, a launching dolly and a boat trailer for ground transport.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an optional symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|107|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} or an asymmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|118|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.
The boat's hull is 100% recyclable and the box it is shipped in is 100% recyclable material, made from 100% managed woodland materials, with a high percentage of previously recycled material. The hull wrapping material is biologically-based, made from 51% sugar cane waste, officially classified in the UK as paper and is also 100% recyclable.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|https://www.rssailing.com/project/rs-quest/}}
{{RS Sailing}}
{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs}}
Category:2010s sailboat type designs