R Class Skiff - light weight, high performance, development dinghy sailing

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

2008 - 2009 Season: R Class Skiff News and Programme for the 2007-2008 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.

Upcoming Events: Leander 2009 - R Class Nationals WBBC, Worser Bay, Wellington, 2009-02-05; Previous events…; Upcoming events…

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2008-10-15

2008-09-23

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