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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


Signature Homes Chris Skinner and Chris Holland kite Signature Homes Chris Skinner and Chris Holland kite
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Commodores Report 2007-2008 Season The Squadron has had a mixed season in terms of achieving the objectives we set ourselves approximately a year ago.
2008-06-25
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
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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