ROYAL CAPE ONE-DESIGN (RCOD)
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 29.76 ft |
| LWL | 27.89 ft |
| Beam | 6.99 ft |
| Draft | 5.2 ft |
| Displacement | 4,020 lb |
| Hull speed1.34·√LWL | 7.1 kn |
About the ROYAL CAPE ONE-DESIGN (RCOD)
First designed for single-chined plywood construction. Based on the ZEESLANG ('Sea Snake' vds #58 - 1956. See drawing above). A fiberglass version was built to the same single-chined hull shape, from molds that were made off a plywood boat. Built, and seen mostly in South Africa. It is what would later be called an ULBD and decades ahead of it's time. Despite the name, the RCOD was never actually raced as a one-design class. Thanks to Dudley Dix for providing a correction.
Performance
Pricing
We don't have market pricing data for the ROYAL CAPE ONE-DESIGN (RCOD) yet. If you own one, help other buyers — what did you pay for it? Reports build a community price estimate over time.
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 29.76ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
We don't have enough data on the ROYAL CAPE ONE-DESIGN (RCOD)yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.
Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.
Own a ROYAL CAPE ONE-DESIGN (RCOD)? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.
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