RS Vareo

The RS Vareo is a modern, single-handed sailing dinghy raced throughout the UK at both club and national level. The RS Vareo is a hiking singlehander with an asymmetric spinnaker.^[1]

RS Vareo

Development
Designer	Phil Morrison
Year	2001
Name	RS Vareo
Boat
Crew	1
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Polyester GRP with Coremat
Hull weight	155 lb (70 kg) (205 lb (93 kg) total sailing weight)
LOA	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Beam	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Daggerboard
Rig
Rig type	Composite top and alloy lower mast
Sails
Mainsail area	Fun sail - 85 sq ft (7.9 m2) Competition sail - 94 sq ft (8.7 m2)
Spinnaker area	107 sq ft (9.9 m2)
Racing
D-PN	92.7
RYA PN	1085

Fleets have grown throughout the UK and a racing circuit has been developed by the RS Association with sponsored events & championships. The GUL RS Vareo National Championships saw a record fleet of 47 competing at Netley SC in July 2007.^[2]

Performance and design

The RS Vareo has a PY of 1085, making it a little faster than the Laser dinghy in the RYA scheme.^[3]

However its D-PN is slower than that of a Laser, at 92.7.^[4] The boat is characterised in having good stability up and downwind, well-mannered handling and enough room in the cockpit to take a friend out when not racing. The addition of the spinnaker ensures the boat is far more exciting & exhilarating than a conventional monohull.

Without the complications of a trapeze, the handling characteristics allow a broad range of sailors get the most out of their time on the water; without the challenges and pitfalls of a faster asymmetric single hander.^[5]