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R Class Skiff News and Programme for the 2008-2009 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
Fourth attempt with hydrofoils a success
Sean and Dan's latest attempt to get the L3 going on Hydrofoils proves to be a success.
Some new videos, hydrofoil testing and a kite run
A couple of new videos from 13 December, 2008
Hydrofoil notes article added Jan 2009
Some more notes on development progress, a couple of pictures and some more videos
4 January 2009
Some more testing in fun conditions
Pegasus Crest Sprint Series (Akaroa Sailing Club, from 2009-01-11 12:30 PM to 2009-01-11 03:30 PM)
 
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Pegasus Crest Sprint Series Akaroa Sailing Club, 2009-01-11
Leander 2009 - R Class Nationals WBBC, Worser Bay, Wellington, 2009-02-05
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4 January 2009
4 January 2009
Some more testing in fun conditions
2009-01-04
Hydrofoil notes article added Jan 2009
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
Some new videos, hydrofoil testing and a kite run
A couple of new videos from 13 December, 2008
2008-12-26
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