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    Posted: 19 Nov 05 at 5:35pm

 i found this wesite the other day about a boat calld the R class skiff anyone els heard of them??????

 

 

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Yep! They are similar to UK cherubs, very nice boats.
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Mainly sailed in New Zealand I think, compared to UK Cherubs they have a bit less sail upwind, a bit more downwind and can have a fixed bowsprit as I recall. Look awesome to sail though, there's a video around (stagecoach 2 I think) with one jumping from wave to wave at crazy speeds. Then capsizing 
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Originally posted by CurlyBen

Mainly sailed in New Zealand I think, compared to UK Cherubs they have a bit less sail upwind, a bit more downwind and can have a fixed bowsprit as I recall. Look awesome to sail though, there's a video around (stagecoach 2 I think) with one jumping from wave to wave at crazy speeds. Then capsizing 


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Nice boats, slightly more sane 12ft skiffs really.

Would be quite interesting to se how the UK cherubs fair against them around the cans. I suspect the Cherub would be marginaly faster upwind, loose out down due to the smaller kite but gain again when the R is faffing around trying to bag the kite...
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The R has 13m upwind, but carries around 30m downwind. Also is around 30kg hull weight where as the cherub is 50kg.]

The 12 ft skiff I believe is 40kg hull? But dont quote me.

 
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ahh...  didnt think about hull weight 

The R does not appear to have a minumum on a quick scan of the rules

45kg for the 12 though


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Why don't they all merge?

It would be a great thing to have an International 12.

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I reckon the 12 foot skiffs would have more than a slight advantage and the R class is actually 13 foot, it would be good to have inter-class racing between the Cherubs and R class, due to them being very similar.
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Originally posted by Guest#260

Why don't they all merge?

It would be a great thing to have an International 12.

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Well, an R is too long by about 8 inches I think

There have been some comments about merging but as much as id love a go, I cant see the 12 surviving in this country. Besides, you can race a Cherub as a 12 anytime you want so actualy merging would do little exept make it cost more and put people off the class
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i want 1 now!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

but the cost 14and a half grand new

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