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Leander 2003 Summary

Steve Fortune has written an excellent summary of the Leander 2003 Event

From the 6-9th March, Naval Point Club hosted the countries best skiff sailors for the Leander Trophy. The R-Class is a two-person, twin trapeze development dinghy, or skiff class. What does this mean? Very few rules, a restriction on the waterline length, maximum sail area and little else (no minimum weight). The class is over 53 years old, yet is one of the fastest and most advanced boats you see on the water. Developments in technology and concepts have lead to a lightweight....

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An informative article on the new R Class hydrofoils
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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