I became attracted to the RG65 class after watching John Tushingham sail his at Doncaster and after several months thinking about it I decided that I would go ahead and build one. The features that made the class of boat attractive to me are:
● Small enough to be easily transportable but large enough to sail properly
● Lots of freedom to try different ideas
● Low construction costs. It should be possible to build a boat with RC and three rigs for less than £200
As with all classes there are problems, and the problems I foresaw are:
● The small size will maybe make it un-sailable in rough water and on windy days
● Nobody else has one so there will be no racing and it will be difficult to judge performance.
The class is a development class with few restrictions. The main governing rules are:
● The hull is 65cm long
● The mast head can be up to 110cm from the deck
● The sail area can be up to 2250cm2 and you are only allowed three rigs.
Within these restrictions you can do pretty much as you want i.e. you can have: carbon hulls, carbon spars, swing rigs and deep fins. The complete rules can be found by following this link.