Leander Trophy 2002 - RPNYC, Pt Jerningham, Wellington 21-24 January

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Steve Macintosh and Kenny Fyfe won the 2002 Leander trophy held at Pt Jerningham (Wellington) in fine style. Winning the Invitation race and 3 of the 6 races. MacIntosh having won seven times previously as crew teamed up with five times winner Fyfe for the contest. Last years winner Smit Millar (Alex Vallings and Andrew Meikeljohn) were second with Meridian Energy (Dave Pairman and Tim Allan) third. The Pinkney (Teams) Trophy was won by Canterbury for the first time since 1995.

The Leander Trophy was held in conjunction with the 12 ft skiff Interdominions. Both contests were run from the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (RPNYC), with racing held off Pt Jerningham.

Final Results and Entries.

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 Day 4 and Day 5 - Steve Fortune (Liquid - R593) reports from the bottom of the bottle.

Photo credit - Chris Coad Photography.

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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

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