DragonForce 65
The DragonForce 65 is the fastest growing class of RC sailboats in the U.S. The boat has earned this distinction by being a great one-design sailing boat while being the least expensive ready-to-sail boat on the market. At around $250 for a boat with radio and receiver and about 2 hours of assembly and you're on the water.
The boat has fleets at nearly 100 clubs around the country. The clubs range from well-established AMYA clubs, full sized boat yacht clubs, school sailing teams to community association clubs. Within these clubs the boat is sailed from beginners to national champion skippers from many other classes.
An added benefit of the boat is the well-supplied and dedicated national distributor that provides excellent access to boats, parts and accessories allowed by the class rules.
Specifications:
Overall Length — 655 mm (25.8 inch)
Beam — 116.5 mm (4.57 inch)
Mast Height — 915 mm (36 inch)
Overall Height — 1338 mm (52.7 inch)
Weight — 1200 grams (2.64 pounds) without batteries
"A" Rig Sail Area
Main — 14.6 square dm (226.3 square inch)
Jib — 7.66 square dm (118.7 square inch)
Overall — 22.26 square dm (344 square inch)
For 2021, racing begins on Tuesday May 18th at 2:00PM, starting with one race day per week and may move to two days per week later in the season.
Communications within the fleet will primarily be done via text message, so if you are joining the fleet please make sure your contact information is correct.
If there is a reason to cancel or postpone a scheduled race event, this decision will be made no less than one hour prior to the scheduled meeting time and communicated via text message.
Tuning Guide
There are a number of resources that provide guidelines for tuning your DragonForce. This card, created by HOT RC Sails provide measurements and a measuring tool for twist and draft. This is a picture of the card with an explanation for how to use it.
HOT RC Sails offers these cards free of charge provided you make contribution to Cancer Research.
Resources:
Below is a table of tuning measurements that have been consolidated. Patrick is a fellow in Florida I believe that did a YouTube on tuning the A rig.
