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Commodores Report 2007-2008 Season The Squadron has had a mixed season in terms of achieving the objectives we set ourselves approximately a year ago.

2008-06-25

Great NE Conditions 13 Oct 2007 Flat water and 18-20kts made for fantastic sailing on Lyttelton harbour

2007-10-14

New L2 lineup Paul Patrick is the new owner of the very tidy looking L2.

2007-09-10

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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