The RS Feva is a two-person sailing dinghy designed by Paul Handley in 2002. It is manufactured and distributed by RS Sailing . The RS Feva is an International Sailing Federation (ISAF) International Class, a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Supported Junior Class, and has been selected by the Dansk Sejlunion (Danish Sailing Association) and Norges Seilforbund (Norwegian Sailing Federation) for major sailing growth projects.
7-532: The RS Feva is available in two versions; the RS Feva S and RS Feva XL . The RS Feva S is the pleasure-sailing version, with a "soft" unbattened mainsail and can be upgraded to add a jib and/or gennaker . The RS Feva XL is the racing version, with the same hull and spars as the RS Feva S but the sail package comprises a full-battened mylar racing mainsail and includes the jib and gennaker. The design allows both
14-462: A network of National Class Associations which organise the World, European and National Championships. Mainsail A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. Historical fore-and-aft rigs used a four-sided gaff rigged mainsail, sometimes setting a gaff topsail above it. Whereas once the mainsail was typically the largest sail, today the mainsail may be smaller than
21-403: The boat) a spinnaker replaces the jib. Some mainsails are "full-batten" mainsails, meaning the batten extends all the way from the mast to the leach of a sail. A partial batten extends from the leech partway to the mast. Battens enable the mainsail to project farther away from the mast. However, there is some cost associated with the battens themselves, "batten pockets" need to be sewn into
28-614: The jib and gennaker to be used at the same time for power reaching. When racing in a mixed fleet, the RS Feva XL uses a Portsmouth Yardstick handicap of 1210 in the UK or 105.2 in the USA. The boat is suitable to be sailed by two young sailors or by adult and child teams, the RS Feva may also be sailed single-handed . The RS Feva is popular in Europe , Australia and Hong Kong , and is being re-introduced to
35-411: The jib or genoa; Prout catamarans typically have a mainmast stepped further aft than in a standard sloop, so that the mainsail is much smaller than the foresail. The modern Bermuda rig uses a triangular mainsail aft of the mast, closely coordinated with a jib for sailing upwind. A large overlapping jib or genoa is often larger than the mainsail. In downwind conditions (with the wind behind
42-651: The market in North America . In the United Kingdom the RS Feva has been approved by the RYA for the RYA OnBoard scheme, and by schools (e.g. Claires Court School , Oakham School , Sevenoaks School ), sailing centres and clubs (e.g. Hayling Island Sailing Club and Hill Head Sailing Club ) for their junior sailing programmes. RS Feva owners and sailors around the World are supported by an International Class Association and
49-407: The sail, and "batten cars" may be needed to allow the sail to be raised and lowered. Before Nathanael Greene Herreshoff 's invention of sail tracks and slides in the 1880s, mainsails were limited in height. Traditional mainsails were held against the mast by hoops that went the full way around the mast. This meant a traditional mainsail could be raised no higher than the first point a rope or wire
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