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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.

Opti and P Class open day

William Talbot

A couple of finns, a modified 18footer sportboat, a 420 and a couple of R's made up the fleet for the youth open day. Tim Allan on Merde took out Jonathan Barthelmeh, William Talbot and Sam Herron, while Paul Roe on Subwoofer sailed with, Layton Hern and Laura Barthelmeh. Conditions were too light to begin with so we did some onshore tacking, kite hoist and wiring practice, which everyone really enjoyed.

Finally the breeze came in and it was time to put newfound skills to the test. Everyone sailed really well and Tim and Paul were extremely pleased to stay dry with no capsizes. Layton and Laura skippered upwind from the wire, there was just enough breeze to twinwire on Subwoofer  up the last couple of beats.

Great fun all round, thanks to the guys for providing boats and their time and the P and Opti sailors for being so keen.

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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