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

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
Commodores Report 2007-2008 Season The Squadron has had a mixed season in terms of achieving the objectives we set ourselves approximately a year ago.
2008-06-25
Great NE Conditions 13 Oct 2007 Flat water and 18-20kts made for fantastic sailing on Lyttelton harbour
2007-10-14
New L2 lineup Paul Patrick is the new owner of the very tidy looking L2.
2007-09-10
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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