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Inclusive Challenge – Eight teams have already entered the International Inclusive Keelboat Championship at Rutland Sailing Club, where sailors with disabilities will compete in supplied RS21 keelboats from 20–22 November, with entries remaining open until 16 November
Rutland Sailing Club invites international teams to compete in its Inclusive Keelboat Championship on Rutland Water, England, from 19 to 22 November, with eight teams already entered. The championship will use six supplied RS21 keelboats, with crews of four or five…
Winning Start in Cannes – Torpyone, with America's Cup star Francesco Bruni aboard as tactician, won the opening race of the 40-boat RS21 World Championship
America's Cup sailor Francesco 'Checco' Bruni has made an immediate impact at the RS21 World Championship in Cannes, helping Italian entry Torpyone win the opening race just two days after his move from Luna Rossa to Tudor Team Alinghi was announced. The seven-time world champion…
World Title Battle – Reigning champions Les Freaks head a 40-boat international fleet for the 2026 RS21 World Championship in Cannes from 28–31 October, with more than 160 sailors competing
Fourteen countries and more than 160 RS21 sailors will compete in the four-day championship, with European medallists, national champions, and leading Corinthian crews among the contenders. With less than two weeks until racing begins, six teams have been identified as…
Cannes Countdown: Entries are open for the 2026 RS21 World Championship, with around 50 boats expected at Yacht Club de Cannes from 28-31 October
The RS21 World Championship will head to France for the first time this autumn, with entries now open for the fifth edition of the international keelboat class's global championship. Around 50 boats are expected at the Yacht Club de Cannes…
Historic Debut: The RS21 fleet races on the Solent during its first appearance at the 200th Cowes Week Regatta, where 11 teams competed in a landmark week for the growing international one-design class.
The RS21 International Class has marked its first appearance at the 200th edition of North Sails Cowes Week, joining more than 600 boats racing at one of sailing's most prestigious regattas. Eleven teams competed on the Solent, with the opening…
Crew Focus Royal Cork Yacht Club’s Mia Murphy, Alana Twomey, Emma Geary, Julie Neville and Kelly Williams race RS21 to seventh overall at the revived Macnamara’s Bowl in Lymington
Royal Cork Yacht Club secured seventh place at the revived Macnamara’s Bowl, as an international fleet returned to Royal Lymington Yacht Club for the first staging in over 30 years. Mia Murphy, Alana Twomey, Emma Geary, Julie Neville and Kelly…
Gdynia, Poland, will host the 2025 World Sailing Youth Match Racing Championships from 21-27 July, featuring 16 teams
World Sailing has officially announced that Gdynia, Poland, will host the 2025 World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championships. The event is set to take place from 21-27 July 2025, as part of the annual Gdynia Sailing Days festival. Gdynia…
Cork's Philip Bendon (IRL 290) (pictured in the foreground) competing at the RS21 World Championships 2024 in L'Escala, Spain
Cork's Philip Bendon is lying mid-fleet after three races sailed at the RS21 World Championships 2024 in L'Escala, Spain. Bendon, sailing with Joel Carey, Harry Phelps, and James Curtis, is in 27th place in the Bay of Roses contest. The fleet…
Liam & Keith Willis, racing Dark n Stormy from the Royal Lymington YC in the UK were RS21 One-Design Class Winners at Volvo Cork Week
Liam & Keith Willis, racing Dark n Stormy from the Royal Lymington YC in the UK, dominated the inaugural RS21 Class at Volvo Cork Week, winning 11 of the 12 races sailed. Kenny Rumball’s RS Ireland was second but only…
Volvo Cork Week will host a round of the RS21 UK & Ireland Cup in 2024 for the first time
Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC) has partnered with the Irish RS agent, the Irish National Sailing School (INSS) and RS Sailing to provide a special opportunity for those challenged by time or crew availability or find themselves otherwise unable to…
The 2024 RS21 World Championships take place at the Club Nautic L'Escala in Spain from 21st to 28th September
The RS21 International Class Association has announced the opening of entries for the highly anticipated RS21 World Championship 2024. The championship, which is set to take place at the prestigious Club Nautic L'Escala in Spain from 21st to 28th September,…
The RS21 Association has included May's Scottish Series as one of its 'Official Series'
Another first for the fiftieth Scottish Series this year will include RS21 keelboats racing on Loch Fyne. The RS21 Association has included the event as one of its 'Official Series', and that will give the class a chance to start…
A whopping 17 RS400s were on the water at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
November is here, and although some would call it winter sailing, conjuring images of hats, gloves, rain and all-round miserable sailing conditions, the reality is that the weather this time of the year is perfect for sailing! And not only…
File image of an RS21 and crew in a race
The RS21 one design will make its Cork Week debut in the 2024 regatta taking place from 15-19 July. Organisers say the inclusion of the relatively new keelboat class, which was introduced in 2019, “is a testament to the event’s…
Emsworth’s ‘Responsible Sailing’ (GBR303) Caroline Fisk, Pippa Jubb, Richard Tucker and Paul Fisk on their way to RS21 victory at 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Dublin Bay
When you bring together Ireland’s biggest sailing event, RS21s and a weather forecast that promised a downwind ride that would take the fleet to the edge, you could get something pretty special, and that is exactly what we got for…
The new RS21 will compete on the Irish Sea at July's four-day Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta on Dublin Bay
The 2023 RS21 Cup season will see events in Scotland, Ireland and England as teams compete in a three-regatta venue, including Dun Laoghaire Harbour in July. To ensure sailors, new and old, get the chance to get up to speed…

About the RS21 International One Design Class

The RS21 International One Design Class is a modern keelboat, which promoters say is 'responsibly designed with performance racing at its heart'.

The powerful rig and distinct chines are balanced by well-mannered boat handling and an ergonomic deck layout to ensure everyone on board has a vital role and ease of use.

The RS21 was developed with sustainability at the core of its design, not only in terms of materials but also considering the carbon footprint in the supply chain, a reduction in single-use plastics and a focus on efficient logistics.

The RS21 International One Design Class is growing from strength to strength, with fleets active over three continents and racing calendars that escalate each year, nationally and internationally. "Removing the arms race and ensuring epically close racing in the RS21 is the future of keelboat racing," said class aficionados.