RS Quest

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.

Production
The design has been built by RS Sailing in the United Kingdom, since September 2015 and remains in production.

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 309 lb and can carry 805 lb of crew weight or four adults.

The boat has a draft of 3.57 ft with the centreboard extended. Retracting the centreboard allows operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.

The boat may be optionally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The maximum power is 3.35 hp and maximum motor weight is 33 lb.

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 a optional symmetrical spinnaker of 107 sqft or an asymmetrical spinnaker of 118 sqft.

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.