RS Toura Buyer's Guide
The RS Toura is a 15-foot rotomolded dinghy from RS Sailing, launched as an evolution of the brand's Quest trainer and aimed at programs, families, and anyone who needs a genuinely capacious small boat. On the used market it presents as a modern polyethylene design with a 2022 production start, so the examples afloat are from that year onward and largely unmodified — what you see is close to what left the mold.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Toura shares the same essential arrangement: a 15-foot hull with a few inches over 6 feet of beam, full-length inboard bench seating, and a low centerboard trunk. The continuous benches are the defining feature, letting the boat carry as many as six to eight adults or double that in children according to the builder's own figure, and the volume is what separates a Toura from a typical racing dinghy. Protective strakes run the hull's length and aluminum grab handles are set into strakes along the bottom, so even a well-used school boat tends to show its history on those rub surfaces rather than in hidden structure.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Because the Toura is recent and purpose-built, most boats carry the standard rigging rather than extensive owner additions. The meaningful equipment for a buyer sits in the rig and sail-handling cluster: a temporary forestay for safe mast raising, an adjustable jib-stay purchase at the mast, a 4-to-1 mainsheet, a vang set above the boom, and a single-line reefing system for the mainsail. Spinnaker capability is built in through a continuous halyard and the ability to fly either symmetric or asymmetric kites, so a used boat's value turns on whether those packages are present. The kick-up rudder's one-button removal is standard and should be verified as complete.
What to Inspect
The Toura's three-layer laminate — inner skin, foam core, outer layer applied in stages — is durable by design, with rigidity supplied by skeletal spines bisecting the cockpit three-layer laminate construction. On inspection, focus on the strakes and grab handles for impact wear, confirm the low centerboard trunk is sound, and check that the one-button kick-up rudder mechanism operates cleanly. High-contact areas such as the protective strakes and bottom grab handles are where a used Toura is most likely to show wear from program use.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Toura's typical market is the United States. For a shopper, the practical checklist is straightforward: confirm full-length bench seating and aluminum bottom grab handles are intact, verify the kick-up rudder one-button operation, check for symmetric and asymmetric spinnaker gear, and inspect protective strakes for heavy wear. A clean, complete-rig Toura needs little beyond normal dinghy upkeep.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the RS Toura. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26 | 1 | $16,500 | — |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $13,900 | -15.8% |
Where they're listed
RS Toura listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 2.
Country view
2 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $15,200 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
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2 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beneteau First 14 | 14.11' | $ 11,865 | 3 | 0 |
| RS TouraYou are here | — | $ 15,200 | 2 | 0 |