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    Dec 07 Newsletter
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    WWW.RLYACHTS.NET
    RL24, RL28, and RL34 Trailable Yachts
    from Rob Legg Yachts
  • RL24 Features
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  • RL24 Specifications
  • RL24 Drawings
  • RL24 Class Rules
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  • Skiff Rig and Sail Setup
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  • RL24 Calculate Sail Area
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    RL24 Features

    The remarkable RL24 is still Australia's most popular trailer yacht with over 500 sold. Sleeping 4 in comfort, this yacht offers outstanding performance, easy launching, retrieving and rigging and particularly for the boating family the RL24 has many safety features and is the winner of the Good Design Award. The award features include simplicity of rigging, self righting and buoyancy, ease of launching, main and forward cockpits, performance and comfort, unique motor well, and maintenance free hand-laid fibreglass construction.
    Designed to sleep 4, the interior is open and clear of unnecessary bulkheads to provide comfortable living. The midship toilet, galley and icebox areas are convenient and the cabin can be subdivided if required. Auxiliary power is provided by a 4 to 10 hp standard shaft outboard sited in a special well designed to prevent cavitation.
    After the successful testing of a prototype in 1972, the RL24s were built between 1973 and 1987.  There were four models.

    Mark I : The first 10 had a slight chine mark up forward due to the original plug configuration. Altogether 100 Mark I's were built.

    Mark II from 1976 featured an upgraded hull finish and a heavier centreboard after some knockdowns

    Mark III built from 1980 had a new deck with increased headroom and interior alterations.

    Mark IV is a faster boat designed primarily for racing with a fully batterned main and a drop keel and was instigated by Peter Yeomans of Sydney in his third RL24. The RL24 was also built in Minnesota U.S.A under license and some 500 boats were constructed there. A dozen were also built in Western Australia.

    Brochure for the U.S. built RL24 (1MB)

    An original RL24 Price List (1MB)