RK 20
Description
The RK 20 is a small sailboat designed by Lyle Hess. She strikes a balance between performance and comfort, featuring variable draft for versatility in different sailing conditions. An ideal choice for weekend cruising, day sailing, or club racing.
Construction Details
| Designer | Lyle Hess |
|---|---|
| Length | 20.000 ft |
| LOA | 20.000 ft |
| LWL | 17.500 ft |
| Beam | 7.080 ft |
| Displacement | 1950 lb |
| Max Draft | 4.000 ft |
| Min Draft | 1.750 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 23.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 8.83 ft |
| p | 21 ft |
| e | 8.66 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.50 ft | 8.83 ft | 21 ft | 8.66 ft | - | - |
Sails
An asterisk indicates that a computer algorithm was used to determine the dimension based on sailboat rig dimensions (usually the I, J, E, and P)
| Sail Type | SPINNAKER |
|---|---|
| Stays | * 23.85 |
| MidGirth | * 15.89 ft - (4843 mm) |
| Foot | * 15.89 ft - (4843 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 180 |
| Area | * 322 ft² |
| Sail Type | MAINSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 21 ft - (6401 mm) |
| Foot | * 8.66 ft - (2640 mm) |
| Leech-AftHdBd | * 22.24 ft - (6779 mm) |
| Tack Ang | * 88 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | * 22.43 ft - (6837 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 4 in |
| Area (no Roach) | * 93.93 ft² |
| Sail Type | GENOA |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 23.85 ft - (7269 mm) |
| Foot | * 14.56 ft - (4438 mm) |
| Leech | * 22.18 ft - (6760 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 149.94 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 13.24 ft - (4036 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 3.98 ° |
| Area | * 157.9 ft² |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 20.08 ft - (6120 mm) |
| Foot | * 12.05 ft - (3673 mm) |
| Leech | * 16.96 ft - (5169 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 114.95 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 10.15 ft - (3094 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12.01 ° |
| Area | * 101.92 ft² |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 22 ft - (6706 mm) |
| Foot | 11.167 ft - (3404 mm) |
| Leech | 19.25 ft - (5867 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 110.65 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 9.77 ft - (2978 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 8.4 ° |
| Area | * 107.45 ft² |
Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite.