RS Neo
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Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
Forum Discription: The latest moves in the dinghy market
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Topic: RS Neo
Posted By: JimC
Subject: RS Neo
Date Posted: 22 Jan 17 at 7:09pm
I haven't seen pics, only read the text on the RS website, but a rotomoulded Aero for beginners, sailing schools and club ownership sounds like a reasonable idea, especially if they've managed a reasonable weight/stiffness balance. http://www.rssailing.com/en/explore/rs-neo" rel="nofollow - http://www.rssailing.com/en/explore/rs-neo |
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Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 22 Jan 17 at 7:23pm
It's a foot and a half shorter and nearly twice the weight of the Aero, but that confers stability (and it's a bit wider, and reading between the lines probably quite a lot wider on the WL, still more stability). Carbon spars too, that looks expensive but it's under £4k. I'd say it was more like a scaled up Tera actually. Should do well with your projected audience Jim 
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Posted By: Fatboi
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 9:56am
| That looks like the Quba. |
Posted By: RS400atC
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 10:07am
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Not giving much away are they? Perhaps the most interesting point is that RS have a German partner, Onsail De. |
Posted By: laser193713
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 11:12am
| The notes say that it is based on a quba hull... Just a rig upgrade basically. |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 1:16pm
| It says it's a standard Quba hull but Neo could be built in "polypropylene/poluethelene mix for extra strength" (scan through the pics in the gallery). The foredeck, (so presumably the mast step too) is easily replaceable so it might be that a Quba hull could be upgraded? |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 1:37pm
Seems strange the the boat on the stand has a completely different cut of sail to the marketing blurb on their website.
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Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 1:40pm
| very Matrix |
Posted By: RS400atC
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 2:39pm
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The creases in that sail! Is that the best it can do? Mr North ought to be having words with whoever let it look like that on the stand. |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 3:01pm
| Ah well, the sail on your stand only looks as good as the last person who was playing with the strings... |
Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 4:07pm
| I thing RS Neu would have been better in a post war modernist stylee |
Posted By: RS400atC
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 4:36pm
Which rival boat seller has been playing with the strings? |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 5:48pm
Esp. For something launched in krautrock territory
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 9:06pm
| The boat for Brexiters? Portmanteau of "No EU". |