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A selection of clips for your viewing pleasure

Movie format

MPEG1, Picture Size: 160 x 120, Data rate: 50k/sec, 25.00 fps

They should be playable with Quicktime, MS ActiveMovie etc


These Clips were taken at Pt Jerningham 2002 in a very strong Southerly breeze. Note these are Quicktime files
Video: Michael Garlick - onshore

Stagecoach

Stagecoach - Steve Hogg and Neill Wood - 34sec (704k) great stuff from the lads

Stagecoach

Stagecoach - Steve Hogg and Neill Wood - 10sec (214k) probably the most spectacular bit of (almost) sailing on the web


These Clips were taken on 26/12/2001 in a strong 25Kt NE breeze with a fairly large sea
Video: Smith Family - onshore

Subwoofer R 595 - Paul Roe and Steve Fortune - 22sec (1.1M) too much zoom and too far away, but fast

Pork Sword - Ashton and Lance Smith - 19sec (990k)


These clips are from the 1997 Leander at Worser Bay and are taken from the cinematic treat "R Class Promotional Video"

Camera: Brendon Hogg

Editing: Andrew (Mungbean) McMillan

Stealth - 14sec (689k)

Dimension Polyant & Apple Computers - 9sec (459k)

92 More FM - 12sec (621k)

Design Source & Academy Interprint - 14sec (687k)


1999 Leander Trophy in Wellington Harbour.

Apologies for the haze in Race 5 (it was raining really hard!)

Footage from Race 4 and Race 5 (off the wind)

C Tech, Design Source and Chemical Weapon - 15sec (791k)

C Tech (Alex Vallings and Andrew Meikeljohn) lead Design Source (Paul MacIntosh and Kenny Fyfe) in Race 4

C Tech and Chemical Weapon (Sean Milner and Steve MacIntosh) in Race 5

Dimension Polyant - 17sec (855k)

Tim Bartlett and Brett Gray show how its done in Race 5

The Virtual Marina (Blue Zoo) - 14sec (669k)

Paul de Lisle and Richard Dreverman


1999 Leander Sprint Series

C Tech and Stagecoach - 9sec (457k)

Stagecoach (Steve Hogg and Neill Wood) overtake C Tech in Race 1 of the Sprints

Dimension Polyant - 15sec (769k)

Dimension at speed (again)

Dimension Polyant, Witchdoctor and AMI Insurance - 11sec (581k)

Dimension, Witchdoctor (Dave Pairman and Tim Allen) and AMI (Conan Hunt and Michael) on the wind.

Total Trust - 15sec (785k)

15 seconds of Total Trust (Sally and a ring-in crew)


This Clip was taken on 22/1/2000 in a moderate NE breeze
Video: Paul Harrison
Pilot: Jony "I know where to place the boat" Smith

Meridian Energy and Chemical Weapon - 16sec (841k)

More clips to come ...
News
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
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