Season News

News, events, pictures and information by season for the R Class fleet.

2009 - 2010 Season: R Class Skiff News and Programme for the 2008-2009 Season
2008 - 2009 Season: R Class Skiff News and Programme for the 2008-2009 Season
2007 - 2008 Season: R Class Skiff News and Programme for the 2007-2008 Season
2006 - 2007 Season: News and Programme for the 2006-2007 Skiff Season
2005 - 2006 Season: News and programme for the 2005-2006 R Class season
2004 - 2005 Season: News and programme for the 2004-2005 R Class season
2003 - 2004 Season: News and programme for the 2003-2004 R Class skiff season
2002 - 2003 Season: News and programme for the 2002-2003 R Class skiff season
2001 - 2002 Season: News and programme for the 2001-2002 R Class skiff season
2000 - 2001 Season: News and programme for the 2000-2001 R Class skiff season
1999 - 2000 Season: News and programme for the 1999-2000 R Class skiff season
1998 - 1999 Season: News and programme for the 1998-1999 R Class skiff season
1992
Reports from the 1950's: A selection of articles from 1950s issues of Sea Spray.

News: 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; Season opening 2009 Four boats ventured out on the first weekend of the season (26/27 Sept 2009). This season is looking promising, new crews, several more foilers on the water shortly with more to come. Read More...…
Oct 06, 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