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Skiff shots from December racing
Photos from racing in early December
Some nice racing was had on Dec 3, 2005. Thanks to the English I14 guy (apologies as his name eludes me) for the shots. More here.
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R Class Skiff - light weight, high performance, development dinghy sailing
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2007-10-14
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 |
