R Class Skiff - light weight, high performance, development dinghy sailing

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Humorous anecdotes and advice on how to sail R Class skiffs, the meaning of various sailing terms and some kindly Agony Aunt advice for the aspiring sailor.

The Ideal R Class For'ard Hand/Sharpender: Helpful (?) hints for the aspiring crew
A beginner's guide to sailing R Class: Allow no more than 25 minutes between arriving at the club and the starting gun. Bring absolutely no tools, as these are much more conveniently borrowed from other yachties...
Nautical Terms: Nautical Terms for The Ideal Crew and what they really mean.
Dr Fi's problem page for R Class skiff sailors: The R Class Problem Page

News

Fourth set of R foils The first non Canterbury set of foils will be started on soon

2009-05-06

TheVirtual Flies - Launch day for the second foiling R Class Sunday May 3rd 2009 dawned cool and clear. Forecast was good if a little light and the water is COLD.

2009-05-04

Merde boys on foiler and foil baking progess Dave and Tim sail on the foiler and the first set of prepreg foils are nearly complete and the second set are well underway.

2009-04-01

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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
Foils	Unrestricted
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