Thanks for posting this, really wonderful video, would love to see more of this on the RS Quest! It may have been miserable weather, but the setting was stunning and some neat boat handling!
I sailed one for a couple hours last summer in about 16 knots of wind. I found the boat to sail quite well in that wind, very easy to handle. I never flew the asymmetric but is seems like it would go okay.
I work at a club that uses these to coach Adult Dinghy courses. Even without doing background research into their design, it's clear they were meant for instructing only - as they have metal handle rails on the underside of the boat to help a sailor get up on the centreboard when capsized. They're also really heavy, like 70/80kgs + of plastic hull with plenty of drag. Great fun if you don't own the boat and you're just taking it for a joyride, not so much if you want to do any decent sailing with it.
Performance... performance is a relative concept. Will these go as fast as an F-18 or a skiff? Almost certainly not. However, pretending that they cannot be sailed hard.... well I think they are really fun, fairly fast, reasonably easy to sail sailboats! Honestly, for what they are marketed as... they are pretty good performers. However, there are faster boats.... marketed differently.
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Wow, what a great video, what a great boat the RS Quest is, have fun and see you on the water!
Thanks for posting this, really wonderful video, would love to see more of this on the RS Quest! It may have been miserable weather, but the setting was stunning and some neat boat handling!
I am just attending a course by the RHKYC on Middle Island. Super cool club and professional instructors.
I have sailed one of these. It's the best thing ever
same
hey boss man!!! awesome video! I attended RHKYC course just last week!
Great Video!
Great video.
how tf do you not get more views?!
Where is this? Nice!
I’m struggling, RS don’t market this boat as a performer, yet here it is doing just that. Is the RS Quest a performer or not?
I'd like to know the answer to this question too, anybody....?
I sailed one for a couple hours last summer in about 16 knots of wind. I found the boat to sail quite well in that wind, very easy to handle. I never flew the asymmetric but is seems like it would go okay.
I work at a club that uses these to coach Adult Dinghy courses. Even without doing background research into their design, it's clear they were meant for instructing only - as they have metal handle rails on the underside of the boat to help a sailor get up on the centreboard when capsized. They're also really heavy, like 70/80kgs + of plastic hull with plenty of drag. Great fun if you don't own the boat and you're just taking it for a joyride, not so much if you want to do any decent sailing with it.
Performance... performance is a relative concept. Will these go as fast as an F-18 or a skiff? Almost certainly not. However, pretending that they cannot be sailed hard.... well I think they are really fun, fairly fast, reasonably easy to sail sailboats! Honestly, for what they are marketed as... they are pretty good performers. However, there are faster boats.... marketed differently.