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News and Programme for the 2006-2007 Skiff Season

Major Events and notes for the 2006 - 2007 R Class Skiff Season
Regatta weekends and regular sailing summary
NPCL Opening Day (Naval Point Club Lyttelton, from 2006-09-30 01:00 PM to 2006-09-30 04:00 PM)
Start of Canterbury Squadron Season
Wanaka Fun Weekend - CANCELLED (Wanaka, from 2006-10-21 09:00 AM to 2006-10-23 05:00 PM)
Training, racing and fun at Lake Wanaka
Ruddiman Trophy (Wanaka Yacht Club, from 2006-11-17 05:00 PM to 2006-11-19 01:30 PM)
Provincial racing over Canterbury show weekend.
Canterbury Championships (Charteris Bay Yacht Club, from 2006-12-02 10:00 AM to 2006-12-02 04:00 PM)
 
Canterbury Championships (NPCL, from 2006-12-09 10:00 AM to 2006-12-09 04:00 PM)
 
Pegasus Crest Sprint Series CANCELLED (Akaroa, from 2007-01-20 11:00 AM to 2007-01-20 05:00 PM)
Short course thrills and spills - Sadly not enough boats could make it so its cancelled. Regular sailing for Canterbury Squadron is at NPCL
South Island Championships 3/4 Feb 2007 (Lake Wakatipu, from 2007-02-03 09:00 AM to 2007-02-04 02:00 PM)
SI Champs are at Queenstown as part of the Lake Wakatipu Dinghy Regatta.
Festival Regatta (Otago Yacht Club, from 2007-02-10 10:00 AM to 2007-02-11 04:00 PM)
 
Leander 2007 (Auckland Sailing Club, Oraki Bay, Auckland, from 2007-03-08 10:00 AM to 2007-03-11 04:00 PM)
57th Leander Trophy National R Class Skiff Championship
Otago Championships (Otago Yacht Club, from 2007-03-25 10:00 AM to 2007-03-25 04:00 PM)
 
2006 - 2007 Season R Class Skiff Pictures
Photos from events throughout the season
Esky skiff launched
Allan "Rat" Ropers latest winter project has been launched and is on the water.
TheVirtual R Class skiff Launched
The second Dan Leech designed L3 is on the water. Jess and Paul launched at NPCL in ideal, apart from drizzle, conditions.
Photos from January sailing
Thanks to Bart Vuyk we've got a selection of photos from the last two weekends
Nuplex wins South Island Championships
Acid Rock were deserved handicap winners, massively improving throughout the contest - Doug Gale Reports...
February 2007 Photos
Racing photos from 18 February at NPCL
Radiant (R244) spotted at Lake Rotoiti
Our spies at the classic yacht race have sent us a few photos
P, Startling, 420 Youth open day 29 April (NPCL, from 2007-04-29 12:00 PM to 2007-04-29 04:45 PM)
R Class, 3.7 and 420 open day. You've seen the 3.7's, R's and 420's racing around why not have a go yourself.
Opti and P Class open day
After a dodgy start with no wind and some onshore wiring, tacking and kite fun, the breeze kicked in to 8-10 kts up the harbour.
Canterbury Squadron Winter dinner and prize giving (Blue Jean Cuisine, Cnr Brougham and Colombo St, from 2007-06-22 07:00 PM to 2007-06-22 11:55 PM)
Annual winter event not to be missed.
Commodores Report 2006/07 Season
For me the highlight this season has been the performance and interest in the new L3 hull design.
Mid Winter dinner and AGM
 
Upcoming Events
Leander 2009 - R Class Nationals WBBC, Worser Bay, Wellington, 2009-02-05
Previous events…
Upcoming events…
News
Sean and Dan Fly
Sean and Dan Fly
The first brief flight was in about 10kts
2008-10-26
Find out about the new hydrofoils
An informative article on the new R Class hydrofoils
2008-10-15
L3 hydrofoils underway!
L3 hydrofoils underway!
Construnction of the L3 hrdrofoils are welll underway.
2008-09-23
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