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RS 400
The modern classic. A winner in championship level racing, in hundreds of sailing clubs and in the hands of both men and women. The list of RS400 sailors over the years reads like a Who’s Who.
Nothing matches the RS400’s balanced and responsive handling, its good manners in strong breeze and the excitement of asymmetric racing in big fleets.
Hull
• The result of Phil Morrison’s years of experience. Perfect blend of speed, manoeuvrability and ease. Vice free and a real joy to sail.
• Light and stiff foam sandwich construction. Stiffness and strength lead to the maximum transfer of power from the rig into speed.
• Open transom gives a virtually self draining cockpit and the moulded self bailer quickly removes any remaining water.
• Ergonomic cockpit design for comfortable hiking.
• Toe straps adjustable for both height and reach.
• Thwart gives the crew a comfortable light wind position.
• Wide hull allows leverage to be generated equally by both sailors, making the RS400 a popular choice for mixed teams.
• The interior layout is simple and efficient. Principle controls are led to either side of the boat, so that the helm or crew can “change gear” without losing speed.
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Foils
• Pivoting centreboard and rudder mean the boat can be raced in any estuary and make launching easy.
• Sophisticated GRP sandwich construction gives strong, light, high performance foils.
Rig
• The light weight Selden mast uses a section especially developed for the RS400. Bend is controllable using a deck level screw and adjustable spreaders.
• Rake and sideways bend are further instantly variable via the jib halyard led back to the crew.
• High quality sails are the result of long development hours in front of a computer and on the water.
• Both main and jib are fully battened to stabilise the shape, reduce flogging and extend their competitive life.
• Perfect match between the mast and mainsail give exceptional power control. When coupled with the high volume hull these features allow a truly wide competitive crew weight range.
• Asymmetric spinnaker - easy to use, fast, fun and highly tactical.
• Evolutionary bowsprit can be canted to windward, allowing the RS400 to sail very fast at virtually any downwind angle.
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