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2008 - 2009 Season

R Class Skiff News and Programme for the 2007-2008 Season

2008 - 2009 Season R Class Skiff Pictures: Photos from events throughout the season
L3 hydrofoils underway!: Construnction of the L3 hrdrofoils are welll underway.
Find out about the new hydrofoils: An informative article on the new R Class hydrofoils
Sean and Dan Fly: The first brief flight was in about 10kts
Leander 2009 - R Class Nationals (WBBC, Worser Bay, Wellington, from 2009-02-05 09:00 AM to 2009-02-08 04:00 PM): 59th R Class Skiff National Championship

Upcoming Events: Leander 2009 - R Class Nationals WBBC, Worser Bay, Wellington, 2009-02-05; Previous events…; Upcoming events…

2008-10-26

2008-10-15

2008-09-23

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