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P, Startling, 420 Youth open day 29 April

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.

What	Open Day
When	2007-04-29 12:00 PM 2007-04-29 04:45 PM 2007-04-29 from 12:00 pm to 04:45 pm
Where	NPCL
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If you're keen contact us or the P or Startling secretary so we've got an idea of numbers and can organise enough boats. We're planning on sailing on either 28 or 29 April depending on the weather.

Upcoming Events: Pegasus Crest Sprint Series Akaroa Sailing Club, 2009-01-11; Leander 2009 - R Class Nationals WBBC, Worser Bay, Wellington, 2009-02-05; Previous events…; Upcoming events…

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4 January 2009 Some more testing in fun conditions

2009-01-04

Hydrofoil notes article added Jan 2009 Some more notes on development progress, a couple of pictures and some more videos

2009-01-03

Some new videos, hydrofoil testing and a kite run A couple of new videos from 13 December, 2008

2008-12-26

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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