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R Class Open Day is on today (Sunday) from 12pm

Come and have a ride on an R Class on the 20th of April.

What Open Day
When 2008-04-20
from 12:00 pm to 06:00 pm
Where Naval Point Yacht Club
Contact Name Paul Roe
Contact Phone 03 980 6213
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We will be sailing on Sunday the 20th at 1pm as the weather forecast  looks good. . They're fun, they're fast and you can have a go. (Obviously with the experienced r-class guys themselves – they are not silly enough to let you loose by yourself) please contact us for more details. Hope to see you there!
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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