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Martin Hughes wins a closely fought R Class Skiff Leander Trophy

Aucklanders Paul MacIntosh and Kenny Fyfe have won the 56th R Class National Championship from Canterbury's Nuplex Davie Norris sailed by Sean Milner and Dan Leech.

Meridian Energy Dave Pairman and Tim Allan

Leander 2006 Beat For the full report, pictures and results see Leander 2006 report.

The Action Sprint Supercup was a huge success with a large crowd entertained by the skiffs in a blustery 20-28kt SW. see the Supercup report.

Meridian Energy - Dave Pairman and Tim Allan

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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
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

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