RS Cat 16 Sailboats for Sale

Hull Type

Catamaran · multihull

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

15.49' · 4.72 m

Disp.

306 lbs · 139 kg

First year

2014

When British dinghy specialist RS Sailing partnered with veteran multihull designer Jo Richards to launch the RS Cat 16 in 2014, they set out to solve one of the most persistent dilemmas in recreational sailing: the compromise between the fragile, highmaintenance performance of fiberglass beach catamarans and the heavy, sluggish nature of traditional plastic boats 2. For decades, the beach catamaran landscape was dominated by iconic but dated designs that were prone to pitchpoling and required careful fiberglass maintenance. The RS Cat 16 arrived as a direct response, combining cuttingedge wavepiercing hull forms reminiscent of America’s Cup designs with a highly robust, lowmaintenance rotomolded platform. The result is a highly adaptable boat that serves as an ultradurable training platform for clubs, a forgiving daysailor for families, and an exhilarating, gennakerfueled speed machine for seasoned racers.