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R Class Leander Trophy 1999 Assorted Pictures

Leander 1999 Assorted Pictures

The Virtual Marina (Blue Zoo) Paul de Lisle and Richard Dreverman

Dimension Polyant - Tim Bartlett and Brett Gray

Sprint Race Start - C Tech (Alex Vallings and Andrew Meikeljohn), Dimension Polyant and AMI Insurance (Conan Hunt and Michael)

Sprint Race - Total Trust (Sally and a ring-in crew)

Sprint Race - Dirty Dancing (Paul Roe (ring-in skipper) and Tony Park

Sprint Race - Witchdoctor (Dave Pairman and Tim Allen) from too far away...

Between Sprints - Tim Bartlett doing something we dont often see!

 

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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