Leander Trophy Masters Champion

Highest placed skipper over 40 years of age

Year	Skipper	No.	Boat
1990	Barry Christophersen	R502	God Farth R
1991	Phil Williams	R547	Magic Mast R
1992	Phil Williams	R547	Magic Mast R
1993	John Bowman	R555	Dirty Dancing
1994	Tim Bartlett	R568	Dimension Polyant
1995	John Bowman	R565	Apple Computer
1996	John Bowman	R565	Apple Computer
1997	Paul Macintosh	R560	Design Source
1998	Tim Bartlett	R568	Dimension Polyant
1999	Paul Macintosh	R560	Design Source
2000	Tim Bartlett	R587	Dimension Polyant
2001	Paul MacIntosh	R592	Design Source
2002	Steve MacIntosh	R592	Design Source
2003	Tim Bartlett	R587	Dimension Polyant
2004	Paul MacIntosh	R602	Martin Hughes
2005	Paul MacIntosh	R602	Martin Hughes
2006	Paul MacIntosh	R602	Martin Hughes
2007	Sean Milner	R603	Nuplex
2008	Sean Milner	R603	Nuplex
2009	Sean Milner	R603	L3
2010	Paul Roe	R607	TheVirtual

News: Mander Trust 2010 Awards Event 25th June at Naval Point Club Lyttelton. Club opens 7pm, Awards presntation from 7.30pm. Read More...…
Jun 25, 2010; Canterbury Champs 2009 Consistent racing from Steve MacIntosh and Tony Park has earned them the 2009 Canterbury Champs crown. Points were close at the top, but they showed that outright pace isn't everything. They won the series over two Saturdays at Charteris Bay and NPCL. Read More...…
Dec 11, 2009; 4 foiling R's out on 17th October, 2009 October finally put on some decent Saturday weather. Almost all the fleet turned up and a variable 13kts NE made for some nice early season sailing. Read More...…
Oct 19, 2009; Read More...…

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