Sports boats are becoming increasingly popular and it is easy to see why. They are cheap, fast and fun.

The design brief for the R6, formulated over a beer in the yacht club bar, was that it should be cheap, very fast and most importantly very fun. The solution was to keep it small, light and simple.

Hull lines are relatively narrow, clean and undistorted. The righting moment is improved with the three crew hiking out on wings, built out to the maximum trailerable width. These wings are comfortably contoured and also provide a wide shroud base for reduced rig loads.

The main feature of the simple, clean deck layout is the lack of gear such as backstay, runners, spinnaker pole or winches.

Cheap, fast and fun!!