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Dirty Dancing

The Canterbury pairing of Force and Parksy are a formidible combination. This pair offer the most experience in the class having been sailing Skiffs for a combined total in excess of 40 years. These two are also top performers in Canterbury and know all the tricks to beat the opposition on and off the water.

Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
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Sean and Dan Fly
Sean and Dan Fly
The first brief flight was in about 10kts
2008-10-26
Find out about the new hydrofoils
An informative article on the new R Class hydrofoils
2008-10-15
L3 hydrofoils underway!
L3 hydrofoils underway!
Construnction of the L3 hrdrofoils are welll underway.
2008-09-23
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