
Racing Sparrow Gallery
The Racing Sparrow 750mm Model yacht was designed by New Zealander Bryn Heveldt. It's a fun build and a fun sail. Easy to transport, cheap to build. Sails like it's on rails.
All the rc sailboats you see on this page are home built by amateurs with the help of our boat plans, construction book or STL files.
This video features the new 1000mm 3D printed Racing Sparrow in a lovely light-medium wind.
You've built all of these stunning model boats!
If you've completed a new Racing Sparrow or even have one that's old send us in a photo and we'll feature it here! Email your images to info@racingsparrow.co.nz
The images are in chronological order. Email us some photos and you'll be at the top of the gallery! We would also like to congratulate everyone on all these fabulous builds. Amazing work on display.
3D - RG65 Racing Sparrow Prototype #4, Nelson, New Zealand
This is an upcoming design you will be able to purchase 3D STL files for. It's a great wee boat. It will come in two configurations. To read more about the design go visit the blog post. There is a cool sailing video too!

Ralf's RS760-3D, Germany
You really have designed a great boat and the assembly was easy and I had a lot of fun.

RS1000 #3 Final Prototype, Nelson, New Zealand

3D Printed RS1000 - Pinky - Prototype #2, Nelson, New Zealand

Bryn the Authors Official 3D Printed Model 760, Nelson, New Zealand
You can 3D print this exact boat yourself! The files are available in the shop. It's really easy to print and super easy to build, all parts have special joins modelled into each part. Even the rig fittings are small sturdy printed parts. The keel has carbon strips inside the prints and the printed bulb shell is filled with lead shot balls. A super simple but cool radio control model. It sails just so well, very fast for its size.

Mike Sohner, 3D printed RS760, Texas, USA
This is the first official customer complete 3D printed Racing Sparrow. Mike helped me improve the strength of the mast crane with his engineering experience. Super helpful. Thanks Mike!

Mike Sohner, RS1000, USA
Here is the first RC boat I built. I used your 1000 mm Sparrow templates to build this one.

Chip Hackley, Illinois USA
Read this blog post about the boat with more photos.

P3 - The third 3D printed RacingSparrow, Nelson, New Zealand

P2 - The successor of the first 3D printed RacingSparrow, Nelson, New Zealand
Bryn's Second 3D printed yacht.

Bryns first 3D printed RacingSparrow, Nelson, New Zealand
The first official prototype 3D printed RacingSparrow.

Peter Hill - RS750, Henderson, Auckland

Fanie Nel - RS750, Krugerdorp, South Africa

Jerry Cashman's RS750, Canberra, Australia
Hello! Here a couple of pix of my Sparrow. She’s been finished for a year or so now but the lockdowns has kept her out of the water largely.
She’s a beaut. Sails beautifully on just the lightest air. Thanks for the design!

Graham Royle RS750, Cheshire, UK

Andy Saunders + Son, New Zealand

Glue me down!
Julian Anthony, Kohuwala, Sri Lanka

Jerome Declerck - 2 750s

Jerome Declerck - 750

Alan Brown Catamaran Racing Sparrow derivitive, Perth, Western Australia

Alan Brown, Perth, West Australia
Hi Bryn

'Sparrow' based RG 65

Gwyn Alway
I bought the racing sparrow book about 18 months ago, didn’t ever think it would take an awful pandemic to prompt me to build it. Now can’t wait to rig and sail it. I opted for flush hatches to run the sheets over the top.

LegoC 750

Budi Santoso, Indonesia

Jonathon Gillham, New Zealand

Royal Declerk's - RG65(Foxy Lady) Sisters: 650 & 750, Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia
A 650 build

Racing Sparrow 750 - Terry Plumridge, Vienna, Austria
Miss Sunshine, RS750 by Terry Plumridge from Vienna Austria. Built for his wife Gertraud. Terry writes " Firstly thanks for writing your book, it introduced me to building from plans, and plank on frame construction, both of which I enjoyed tremendously."

Sparkly, England

Royal Declerks' Black Pearl, Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia
Royal Declerks' Black Pearl, Australia
Hi Bryn, let me introduce you to “Jack Sparrows” sister, Black Pearl, yet to have sail markings done and some rig adjustments. Regards Royal.

DKM247 - Proud RacingSparrow Builder/Owner, Melbourne, Australia

Royal Declerk's cool Multi-Hull, Australia
Dear Bryn, I felt I had to tell you, my beautiful 75, "Jack Sparrow" got away from me due to a radio malfunction and sailed off into the distance across Port Phillip bay to be not heard of again, probably on its way to China?? so have made three land yachts for the grandchildren, sail them at Sandy Point ( Gippsland)
My latest model is a foiling catamaran based on the AC45 (another brilliant NZ design)(very sad to see NZ beaten in the cup) and so "Black Mamba" has evolved.
Yet to do sea trials but if it works as intended will be amazing. Best wishes from Royal Declerck.

80% RG65, Auckland, New Zealand

Matt - Fly Girl 750

Mike Wilson's - RS1000 moulded hull and deck, Gold Coast, Australia

Build a sparrow in less than 3 hours!
Take a look at the blog section for a full write up about this model.

Hamish Coubrey, Auckland
Hi Bryn, I recently finished building these 2 Racing Sparrow RS750s which i really enjoyed, it was a great project and kept me busy for a few months. They have been for a successful maiden voyage and sail great and now just need a few tweaks in the sail department to get them sailing even better. Thanks.

Bill Cobb, Zurich
Hi Bryn,
I built an RS1000 and had so much fun building and sailing it I decided to build a couple of RS750's for my grandchildren in Zurich. Bit of juggling to get them into a suitcase but the whole project worked well and the boys just love them.
Bill Cobb. - what an awesome Grandad!(Bryn).

Kevins stunning RG65, New Zealand

Mel Kitson's 750, Watford UK
Hi, Bryn, I enjoyed the build immensely. There were areas where I had some uncertainties, some of which were assisted through the forum posts, and some of which I improvised. All in all I am truly delighted with the end result and now look forward to learning to sail and enjoying many happy hours "playing".
Kind regards, Mel Kitson

Kevins stunning RG65, New Zealand
Hi all, Just finished an RG65 racing Sparrow. (I made an 80% size one a while ago, it's in the gallery).
Standard hull with 1 layer of 50g glass and epoxy. Deck is 1.5mm balsa with veneer strips on top. Single hatch with rubber seals and 3 hold down screws.as I fitted the rudder servo into the recessed rear deck. Corona servos DS339HV digital for the sails and CS939 analogue for the rudder, I fitted a greased cork gasket under the rudder servo arm to waterproof the servo. Battery is a 2S 1000mAh lipo with a regulator for the Rx and rudder servo. Radio is Flysky CT6B. laminated ply fin with 2 layers of 50g glass, rudder from balsa with 1 layer of glass. Ballast and fin is 680g. Mast is slightly taller at 1050 so the sails are slightly different to fit within the 2250cm max. All up weight is 1150g.
I'll get sailing pix very soon.

Racing Sparrow 750 - Plumridge, Vienna, Austria

Rod Patterson, Christchurch, New Zealand

Rod Patterson, Christchurch, New Zealand

John Sterland, Australia

Mathew Vanderhorst, Australia

Martin Whittle, RS750, UK

An icy looking spot for a 375!

John Goodyear with his RacingSparrow 750, United Kingdom
Andrew Scott - RS1000, Ayrshire, Scotland

Stephen Sutcliffe , Queensland, Australia

Kendal Allcott, Nelson, New Zealand

Sparrow I found on the net, looks like an rs1500, Internet

Graham Long, Auckland, New Zealand

Graham Long, Auckland, New Zealand

John Sheehan's 750 - stunner!

Geoff Lewis, Isle of Wight

A reconditioned RS750 by the designer Bryn, New Zealand

One Meter RacingSparrow - Garry Angel, France

Eric Rosenbaum, USA

Eric Rosenbaum - A fine fine model yacht, USA

Weighing up the options - Garry Angel, France

John Goodyear, England

Eric Rosenbaum, USA

John Clark, Perth, Western Australia

Jonathan Daniel

Bryn's fibreglass Racing Sparrow, Wellington, New Zealand
This red boat is the latest racing sparrow that we've built and put to the test. It has been built for wellington conditions. It has the maximum 1.3kg lead bulb. It has a basic deck structure, no plywood, 1 layer of balsa with a coat of resin-only to save on weight and budget. It uses the more basic hatch construction of plastic sheet taped on with ducktape, very effective and waterproof. The sails are maxed out, being cut very close to the plans, maybe a little bigger, there are no rules about max sail area in the class rules! Another difference on this boat is the mast has been painted black for a different look.

Terry Raggett's - RS750, Portsmouth, England

Peter Knox, Canterbury, New Zealand

Racing Sparrow 1000 - Larry Kin, Sydney, Australia

Bradley, Kaiapoi, New Zealand

The woodwards Father & Son team on launch day., New Zealand

Little RS375

Bryn the Authors 750

Racing Sparrow #1 and #2(front)

Racing Sparrow #3 - rigging, Auckland, New Zealand
