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RS Venture Connect + SCS

Price range: $52,250.00 through $71,250.00

This is the self-righting keelboat version of the RS Venture, with a lifting bulb keel for exceptional security and seaworthiness. Its large, self-draining cockpit makes the RS Venture Connect perfectly suited to unforgettable family adventures afloat and it offers training centres a secure, multi-person boat for confidence-inspiring tuition.

Designed with plug and play para sailing equipment options, the RS Venture Connect can be set up for almost any disability and changed between sessions as required.

From able-bodied to sip / puff electronic control, the RS Venture Connect does it all.

A game changer with sparkling performance that everyone will love.

Stability & Safety

  • Exceptionally stable and self-righting
  • 130kg keel with lead bulb and aluminium alloy fin
  • Removable keel hoist post and winch for easy keel lifting & lowering
  • Twin rudders for exceptional control in all conditions
  • Self-draining cockpit – Transom drain tubes quickly clear spray and rainwater
  • Non-slip grip surfaces throughout the entire cockpit

Space

  • Capacity for multiple crew
  • Wide uncluttered cockpit with inner seating as well as comfortable side-decks
  • Mast well forward to give huge cockpit space
  • Strut vang above the boom gives more space and safety for the crew
  • Multiple storage options including a large aft locker – big enough for an outboard and camping gear

Versatile

  • Easily handled by beginners
  • Sparkling performance and incredible range of sailing options for experts
  • Can be stored afloat on a mooring
  • Easy keel-lift for convenient launching and transport ashore
  • Stunning boat for weekend adventures with family and friends and a beach lifestyle
  • Tapered mast as standard (non-tapered mast also available)

Robust

  • Durable composite GRP hull construction
  • Thick woven GRP skins and 3mm Coremat laminate, under a double-layered gelcoat – RS Venture will stand up to intense use.
  • Optional rubber gunwale fendering
  • Optional aluminium keelband on hull bilge rails – protection when grounding

Rig & Sail Configuration options

  • Durable Dacron mainsail and furling jib for training or cruising
  • Connect R race spec Mylar mainsail and high denier Dacron jib
  • Asymmetric gennaker spinnaker option
  • Trapeze pack option – For training or young sailor fun (only available with non-tapered mast)

Para Sailing – Plug in and Play

  • Full range of options which can be added or removed as required
  • Allows the same boat to be used for either able bodied or disabled sailing
  • Reconfigure the boat quickly to suit virtually anyone
  • A significant step forward and huge advantage for many sailing centres

Single centreline or twin side-by-side seats

  • Moulded GRP seats – Adjustable fore and aft to suit sailor size – quick-lock track system
  • Designed to provide significant lateral support as the boat heels
  • Seat mounting platform can also accept custom seats
  • Easy communication between sailors
  • Plenty of additional cockpit space for an instructor or coach

Manual joystick steering

  • Twin joysticks – One in front of each seat
  • Removable sticks for ease of access to the seats
  • Simple steering control lines for connection to the rudder stock

Award-winning electronic systems

  • Highly responsive manual joystick or sip/puff steering
  • Electronic mainsheet control
  • Battery and electronic control box fitted in aft locker – removable
  • DAME Design Award 2017 Overall Winner

Control line console

  • Required with the forward-facing seats
  • Brings all key sheets and control lines within reach of seated sailors
  • Adjustable height and reach for various-sized sailors

Foot bars

  • Plug-in aluminium alloy foot bars
  • Quick-lock adjustment for leg length

Standard spars – Specialist sails

  • Aluminium alloy mast – Cost-effective durability
  • The boom is equipped for mainsail slab reefing.
  • A reduced area mainsail and jib (from 11m² to 9m²) are strongly recommended for use with the seats. Their smaller areas compensate for the reduced leverage when the crew are sat close to the centreline, rather than on the side decks. These sails will undoubtedly also prove useful in many centres for strong wind use on a standard boat.

Jib furler

  • The jib has a furler with the furling line led to the centre controls console. Both sails are constructed from durable Dacron fabric.
  • The optional Asymmetric Gennaker Pack offers exciting downwind sailing, making the most of the RS Venture's modern design and rewarding performance potential.

More RS Venture accessories

  • Top cover – Breathable
  • Launching trolley
  • Road trailer combi base
  • Rubber gunwale protection
  • Alloy keel band
  • Transom boarding ladder
  • Outboard motor transom bracket
  • Anchor pack
  • Trapeze pack
  • Fenders
  • Antifoul paint below the waterline

  Standard
 Optional

    RS Venture Connect RS Venture Connect SCS RS Venture Connect SCS Para Race
Designer Phil Morrison/RS Sailing
Length 4.9m (16'1")
Beam 2.0m (6'6")
Keel (vertical lifting) Lead bulb – 125kg
Draft (keel down) 0.9m (3'0")
Draft (keel raised) 0.3m (1'0")
Air draft (mast above water) 7m (23'0")
Weight (hull) 195kg (430lbs)
Mainsail – Dacron 'Training' with reefing system 11.0m² (118.4ft²)
Mainsail – Mylar 'Cruising' with reefing system 11.0m² (118.4ft²)
Mainsail – Dacron 'Training' with reefing system 9.0m² (96.8ft²)
Mylar One Design World Sailing Racing Spec 11.0m² (118.4ft²)
Jib – Dacron 3.8m² (40.9ft²)
Jib furling system
Asymmetric Gennaker 14m² (150.7ft²)
Tapered Mast – aluminium alloy
Non-Tapered Mast - aluminium alloy
Boom – aluminium alloy With single-line reefing system
Lifting twin rudderx Plus stock plus tiller plus extension
Centre-mainsheet arrangement
Rear stowage locker
Single forward facing seat Para sailing
Twin forward facing seats Para sailing
Central sheeting and controls console Para sailing
Manual joystick steering Para sailing
Electronic joystick steering Para sailing
Sip/puff electronic steering Para sailing
Rubber gunwhale protection Factory fitted
Alloy keel band protection Factory fitted
Mast head float
Trapeze Pack (only available with non-tapered mast)
Transom boarding ladder
Outboard motor transom wear pads
Anchor pack Includes ancor, warp, chain, bag
Fenders
Top cover Breathable polycotton
Road trailer combi base
Antifouling paint below waterline
RS Venture Connect + SCS Owners Manual
RS Venture Connect + SCS Rigging Guide
RS Venture Connect + SCS Power Kit
RS Venture Connect + SCS Safety Instructions