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Radiant (R244) spotted at Lake Rotoiti

Our spies at the classic yacht race have sent us a few photos

Radiant on shore

Unfortunately we were not able to find out any information about the current sailors, but Radiant featured well in results in the 1960's. Radiant was sailed by Tony Sheilds in the mid-late 60's mainly with Brian Taylor. They won the Kent Prior (Invitation race) Trophy in 1964. Were runners up ti the Leander Trophy in 1967 winning both the the Bank of NSW Trophy and the Leander Cup. Tony also won the Handicap Trophy (Leander Cup) in 1965 sailing with B.R. Marriot.

Looks like she's being well looked after.

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R244 Radiant - racing with other classic yachts on Lake Rotoiti

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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