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Welcome to the New Zealand R Class Skiff Website

Extreme performance, light weight, skiff style, development dinghy class

Anyone requiring further information, wishing to have a go or wanting to join the this high performance sailing class should contact us.

L3 wins Leander 2008

R603 - L3 - Sean Milner and Dan Leech

Sean Milner and Dan Leech sail to victory in the 58th Leander Trophy in Lyttelton 2-6 February 2008


It was nearly the day that wasn’t. Had it been up to Chris Skinner, it would have certainly been the day that didn’t. Luckily for Sean Milner, it was the day that was.

Skinner and crew Chris Holland had led the entire 2008 R Class National Championships on Lyttelton Harbour, and going into the last day of racing, they needed only to finish ahead of defending champions Milner and Dan Leech on L3 in the remaining races to take the Leander Trophy back to Auckland. full story.


previous reports, results and entries, photos

P Class and Optimist Open Day

Layton Hern Laura Barthelmeh William Talbot Jonathan Barthelmeh Sam Herron

Opti and P sailors Layton Hern, Laura Barthelmeh, William Talbot, Jonathan Barthelmeh and Sam Herron all impressed the R guys with their boat handling skills and enthusiasm. The future of canterbury sailing is in safe hands with these keen young folk. story.

New Crews and Combinations

James and Michael Collet have been out regularly in Chemical Weapon. Katie Gallagher has done well crewing on Subwoofer and Bulley Hayes as standin for the regular crews. Mike Rhodes (Timaru ex Crack R) and Rhys Jones (Ashburton ex Thunderbird IV) have teamed up on Liquid. Old hands Doug Gale and Mitch Dean are racing International Rope Braids and Tony Park and Steve MacIntosh have dragged out the old Apple Hull, added the Dirty Dancing rig and are giving the lads a lesson.


New Otago Crews

Jake Hawker and Scott Martin Foam Sandwich, Stephen and Chris Preddy Acid Rock and Thomas Gee Buster Bloodvessel.





Action Sprints Supercup

Its 30 knots, the breeze is coming in quite nicely - Rick Chapman sprints commentator.
Full on skiff action! The most exciting sailing event of the season, the R Class Skiff Sprints, more photos of this extreme skiff event.




Wanted - Second hand boats

We're trying to source some boats for new crews, please contact us if you know of any that are available.

Signature Homes Chris Skinner and Chris Holland kite Signature Homes Chris Skinner and Chris Holland kite
News
Great NE Conditions 13 Oct 2007 Flat water and 18-20kts made for fantastic sailing on Lyttelton harbour
2007-10-14
New L2 lineup Paul Patrick is the new owner of the very tidy looking L2.
2007-09-10
Commodores Report 2006/07 Season For me the highlight this season has been the performance and interest in the new L3 hull design.
2007-06-22
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What's an R Class Skiff?

Extreme performance, light weight, skiff style, development dinghy class in the truest sense(see the rules for details).

Length 3.9m (max)
Hull no minimum weight (typically 29-35kg painted), 1.4m minimum width
Construction Unrestricted (typically ultra lightweight Carbon/Foam)
Rig Unrestricted - typically two spreader pre-bent carbon spar
Working Sails Area is restricted 13m2 - construction and rig plan are unrestricted - ie. wings, pocket luff, rotating masts are all acceptable
Kite 20m circumference resulting in a 30-36m2 surface area
Crew 2 (minimum) on trapeze